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Social Justice and Human Rights Issues:
A Global Perspective
Social justice and racism
Racism – what is it? Racism can be defined as “the belief that races have distinctive cultural characteristics determined by hereditary factors and that this endows some races with an intrinsic superiority over others; abusive or aggressive behaviour towards members of another race on the basis of such a belief” [Collins English Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 10th Edition. Retrieved May 17, 2011, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/racism
Further information can be found at the following websites:
NSW Department of Education and Communities (including links to DEC Policy and other educational sites)
Global Issues – Racism website 
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