TOLERART

Xenophobia –

• a fear or hatred of foreigners, people from different cultures, or strangers. People across the EU continue to be targeted by racism, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance just because of their race, colour, religion, descent or national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation or gender identity, disability, social status or other characteristics.

Discrimination –

• is the practice of treating one person or group of people less fairly or less well than other people or groups;

• unfair treatment of a person, racial group, minority, etc; action based on prejudice;

• the act of denying rights, benefits, justice, equitable treatment, or access to facilities available to all others, to an individual or group of people because of their race, age, gender, handicap or other defining characteristic.

Non-violent activism –

Nonviolent resistance (NVR), or nonviolent action, is the practice of achieving goals such as social change through symbolic protests, civil disobedience, economic or political noncooperation, or other methods, while being nonviolent. This type of action highlights the desires of an individual or group that feels that something needs to change to improve the current condition of the resisting person or group.