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Anti –Racism Day Marked in Hungary
By Hakeem Babalola
Published: March 25, 2008
The Subjective Values Foundation on March 21 marked the Anti-Racism Day at the
Millennium Park in Budapest with Fair Trade and Inter-Cultural Dialogue discussion in which
a five-member panel talked about tolerance and a way forward between the continent of
Africa and its Europe counterpart.
The topic of the day, Inter-Cultural Dialogue, is the adaptation of the European Union slogan
for the Year 2008 as a Year of Inter-Cultural Dialogue.
The five-member panel with four European and one African spoke about the need for
tolerance among people in order to promote atmosphere conducive for different cultures to
evolve, which according to the head organiser, Lőrincz Marcell, is the essence of being a
human.
The panel also talked about the situation between Africa and Europe, the kind of connection
and future that Africa as a neighbouring continent have with Europe. In a nutshell, what is
Inter-Cultural Dialogue for the Europe as a whole?
Explaining further, Lőrincz said that the need to promote Inter-Cultural Dialogue cannot be
overlooked because school children are easy target for prejudice thinking and lies.
“That is why we often go to schools to teach tolerance,” he added, pointing to the fact that
Primary and Grammar Schools in Hungary are major places where prejudices are growing
and without control.
In her own response for attending the Anti-Racism Day, Andrea Szobolits, UNHCR Public
Information Officer, said its organisation consider it very important to support this event
because racism is one of the key reasons why many people in the world become refugees.
“After becoming refugees in the host countries,” she asserted. “Many refugees are again
facing racism in many host societies. So it is a very important issue for the UNHCR to
combat racism and to combat Xeno-phobia and prejudices in order for refugees to integrate
so they can start their lives and become active member of the society wherever they are”.
Another UNHCR representative, William Ejalu, Protection Assistant Regional Representative
for Central Europe, said that although Anti-Racism Day is a good idea, it would be more
practical if some refugees had been invited to the event. He also observed that the occasion
would have been more colourful if bilingual language was adopted with provision for
interpreter.
“Since many refugees and participants do not speak Hungarian,” reasoned Ejalu. “The
appropriate language should be Hungarian and English with interpreters. This would have
inspired many participants to contribute to the discussion on hand”.
However, Lőrincz believed that Hungarian should be the language of communication in such
event. “You have to choose a language of course. But more people speak Hungarian than
English, and that’s why we are using Hungarian”.
France Mutombo, President Foundation for Africa, also lent his own voice. “Today is a very
special day because it is about Anti-Racism,” he said. “But it is not only about racism. We
also want to discuss about what is happening in Africa. For instance, we are talking about
business, civil society and fair trade.
Upon all the media campaigns and the cultural integration embarked on by different
organisations in Hungary, can racism be curbed? All the participants virtually believe it’s
impossible to stop racism as much as they would love to, but at least it can be reduced to a
certain level.
The members of the panel include Búr Gábor, a historian, France Mutombo, Foundation for
Africa President, Balogh Sándor, African Hungarian Union President, Seres László,
Journalist, and a representative from the Foreign Affairs Ministry.
Many foundations including Szahara, HelloAfrika, African Hungarian, AfroAid, TAITA and
MENEDEK were represented at the occasion.
Copyright 2008 mysmallvoice@yahoo.com
By Hakeem Babalola
Published: March 25, 2008
The Subjective Values Foundation on March 21 marked the Anti-Racism Day at the
Millennium Park in Budapest with Fair Trade and Inter-Cultural Dialogue discussion in which
a five-member panel talked about tolerance and a way forward between the continent of
Africa and its Europe counterpart.
The topic of the day, Inter-Cultural Dialogue, is the adaptation of the European Union slogan
for the Year 2008 as a Year of Inter-Cultural Dialogue.
The five-member panel with four European and one African spoke about the need for
tolerance among people in order to promote atmosphere conducive for different cultures to
evolve, which according to the head organiser, Lőrincz Marcell, is the essence of being a
human.
The panel also talked about the situation between Africa and Europe, the kind of connection
and future that Africa as a neighbouring continent have with Europe. In a nutshell, what is
Inter-Cultural Dialogue for the Europe as a whole?
Explaining further, Lőrincz said that the need to promote Inter-Cultural Dialogue cannot be
overlooked because school children are easy target for prejudice thinking and lies.
“That is why we often go to schools to teach tolerance,” he added, pointing to the fact that
Primary and Grammar Schools in Hungary are major places where prejudices are growing
and without control.
In her own response for attending the Anti-Racism Day, Andrea Szobolits, UNHCR Public
Information Officer, said its organisation consider it very important to support this event
because racism is one of the key reasons why many people in the world become refugees.
“After becoming refugees in the host countries,” she asserted. “Many refugees are again
facing racism in many host societies. So it is a very important issue for the UNHCR to
combat racism and to combat Xeno-phobia and prejudices in order for refugees to integrate
so they can start their lives and become active member of the society wherever they are”.
Another UNHCR representative, William Ejalu, Protection Assistant Regional Representative
for Central Europe, said that although Anti-Racism Day is a good idea, it would be more
practical if some refugees had been invited to the event. He also observed that the occasion
would have been more colourful if bilingual language was adopted with provision for
interpreter.
“Since many refugees and participants do not speak Hungarian,” reasoned Ejalu. “The
appropriate language should be Hungarian and English with interpreters. This would have
inspired many participants to contribute to the discussion on hand”.
However, Lőrincz believed that Hungarian should be the language of communication in such
event. “You have to choose a language of course. But more people speak Hungarian than
English, and that’s why we are using Hungarian”.
France Mutombo, President Foundation for Africa, also lent his own voice. “Today is a very
special day because it is about Anti-Racism,” he said. “But it is not only about racism. We
also want to discuss about what is happening in Africa. For instance, we are talking about
business, civil society and fair trade.
Upon all the media campaigns and the cultural integration embarked on by different
organisations in Hungary, can racism be curbed? All the participants virtually believe it’s
impossible to stop racism as much as they would love to, but at least it can be reduced to a
certain level.
The members of the panel include Búr Gábor, a historian, France Mutombo, Foundation for
Africa President, Balogh Sándor, African Hungarian Union President, Seres László,
Journalist, and a representative from the Foreign Affairs Ministry.
Many foundations including Szahara, HelloAfrika, African Hungarian, AfroAid, TAITA and
MENEDEK were represented at the occasion.
Copyright 2008 mysmallvoice@yahoo.com