Anti-Racist Education

About the Tool

Being faced with racist viewpoints can be jarring, awkward, and raise different emotions, especially if you’re caught off guard. Fight, flight, or freeze instincts may kick in making it tough to respond, address, or articulate your perspective.

Many articles, blogs, and social media posts address statements or scenarios that pop up at different times when racist events occur. This website is intended to house content and advice in one space to help anyone address racism and not-so micro-aggressions (there’s nothing micro about racist aggressions) they may face day-to-day.

If you don’t know how to respond to a racist statement said to or around you, you won’t and that racist view will perpetuate. If you know how to confidently articulate against a racist statement, you signal to the person who shared that statement, that their racism won’t be tolerated.

Educating and empowering more people to speak out against racism creates a space where those with racist views do not feel comfortable in sharing their views. It creates a space that holds racists accountable, and may eventually change the opinions of racists as well.

This tool was developed using existing anti-racism resources along with input from organizations currently doing important work in the anti-racism space, and organizations whose communities may be most affected by racism.

It is an ongoing resource. Our long-term objectives include adding more statements and scenarios specific to different communities that face racism including addressing Indigenous and Black racism, anti-semitism, Asian hate, and Islamophobia, host anti-racist events and workshops, provide mental health resources for those dealing with racism and integrate the tool with existing organizations to integrate the tool within the work they’re doing to support racialized communities.

About the Team

Stop Race Based Hate is an entirely volunteer, anti-racism initiative created by three Alberta-based women, with generous support from digital marketing agency Kick Point.

We are not anti-racist experts. We want to be clear about that.

We are community members and women of colour who have experienced racism, and became alarmed and disgusted over the subtle and overt racism and hate crimes Indigenous, Black and People of Colour are experiencing. We felt compelled to act. Through this initiative, we are trying to contribute to a more anti-racist community.

We are committed to ongoing anti-racism efforts, and working with organizations, individuals and community members in the anti-racism space, to ensure the information on this website is relevant and meaningful.