
International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination
On the 21st of March, 1960 police opened fire and killed 69 people at a peaceful demonstration in Sharpeville, South Africa, against the apartheid "pass law". The UN General Assembly proclaimed this day as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, to be commemorated annually. The aim is to put more effort internationally in eliminating all forms of racial discrimination. In the U.S., data about racial inequality are disturbing in every stage of the c