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Race is understood as the physical traits that are shared by a group of people. It is a sociological designation. In the Equality Act, race can mean your colour, or your nationality (including your citizenship). It can also mean your ethnic or national origins, which may not be the same as your current nationality. An example of a Hate Crime based around Race could be football players being abused by fans due to the fans ignorance and intolerance of the players skin colour.
Examples of how race presents in the Humber are:
- We have only been able to target 5% of people who associate with being from an ethnic minority group within the goga work.
- Those from ethically diverse backgrounds are more likely to live in areas of higher deprivation and deprivation is negatively associated with participation in sport.
- Over half of people in black and minority ethnic communities do no sport or physical activity.
Report
The Metropolitan Police define Hate crime as 'Any criminal offence which is perceived by the victim or any other person, to be motivated by hostility or prejudice based on a person's race or perceived race; religion or perceived religion; sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation; disability or perceived disability and any crime motivated by hostility or prejudice against a person who is transgender or perceived to be transgender.'
A hate incident is any incident which the victim, or anyone else, thinks is based on someone’s prejudice towards them because of their race, religion, sexual orientation, disability or because they are transgender.
Reporting a crime can be powerful in bringing about long-lasting change. It could stop it from happening again and send a strong message that hate won’t be tolerated. It can also help authorities in understanding the real picture of hate crime, enabling them to put the correct measures in place in the future.
If you witness a hate crime/incident or are the victim of one then you can report it to the police using the below:
Police
Emergencies: 999
Non-emergencies: 101
Trains: Text 61016 or call 0800 40 50 40.
Online: www.report-it.org.uk
Crime Stoppers
Call 0800 555111 or go to www.crimestoppers-uk.org
Support
The easiest way to make people feel supported after they have been the victim of hate crimes or incidents is to make it clear that you believe them and that the incident isn’t their fault.
Sign the Yorkshire and Humber Anti-Racism in sport pledge: https://www.yorkshiresport.org/what-we-do/tackling-racism-and-racial-inequality/
You can access free training around Bystander Interventions by contacting Luke on lmedcalf@activehumber.co.uk