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Guide to bystander intervention

Learn practical strategies for bystander intervention to safely and effectively stand up to racism in everyday situations at work, school and in your community.

Race discrimination Guide

Summary

A bystander is anyone who witnesses a racist incident. Bystander anti-racism is action taken by spectators or others in response to incidents of interpersonal racism.

This template is one of the supporting resources for the Spectator Racism Guidelines.

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