Let’s sweep xenophobia off the streets – Summer cleaning for tolerance

Policy Response DateMay 15, 2011 Country: Poland General Type: Racist discourse Racism and discrimination phenomena: Extremism - organised Racist Violence, Anti-migrant/xenophobia, Anti-semitism, Islamophobia, Afrophobia, Arabophobia, Anti-roma/zinghanophobia, Religious intolerance, Nationalism
Groups affected / Interested in: Migrants, Roma & Travelers, Muslims, Ethnic minorities, Religious minorities, Linguistic minorities, Asylum seekers Key socio-economic/institutional areas: Anti-discrimination, Anti-racism Hate speech/Racist Discourse Medium: Other

In May 2011 the Government Plenipotentiary for Equal Treatment launched a public campaign under the slogan "Let’s sweep xenophobia off the streets – Summer cleaning for tolerance". The campaign’s aim is to remove anti-Semitic, racist and xenophobic inscriptions placed in public areas. Local governments, NGOs and scouts were invited to participate in the campaign. As part of the activities young people will inspect urban areas searching for offensive inscriptions and submit their pictures to the Government Plenipotentiary, who will then be responsible for intervening with municipal authorities to remove the particular inscriptions.

Source: Government Plenipotentiary for Equal Treatment http://www.rownetraktowanie.gov.pl/node/922