Show Racism The Red Card

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Show Racism the Red Card (SRTRC) is a campaign in Britain to stamp out racism from British society as well as association football. It is a member of the Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE) network. By employing the popularity of high-profile footballers and managers, such as Thierry Henry, Derek Ferguson, Mustapha Hadji and Sir Bobby Robson, the organization hopes to educate youth about the detrimental effects of racism. Henry is among the most outspoken voices in these campaigns, himself having been the target of racial slurs from opposing players as well as coaches, including the Spanish national team's head coach.

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Show Racism the Red Card is harnessing the profile of sport to educate against racism. We are also supporting programmes that encourage integration and sport in Ireland. http://www.theredcard.ie


[edit] Criticism

There has been criticism of the Scottish wing of the body for failure to tackle anti Irish Racism recently. Many chants atttributed to Rangers fans singing the "Famine Song" have been met with little condemnation by both SRTRC and the SPL, raising the question whether or not there is any point in the organisation operating in Scotland at all.

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On Friday 4th April, Show Racism The Red Card organised a question and answer session for students at Westminster Academy. Following an inspriational video students were given the opportunity to ask "searching" questions of a panel led by Sunil Patel. The panelists included, QPR footballers Damien Delaney and Zeshan Rehman, Ex QPR & West Ham legend Leroy Rosenior and Leeds assistant manager Dave Bassett.

Throughout the Q&A session, the students were able to field their questions related to racism in sport. A number of lucky students were awarded with match tickets, with one student walking away on the day with a signed QPR shirt.

In response to the successful day, a number of follow up presentations are due to be made to other students at the Academy during lead lessons and assemblies.

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