This section is designed to improve understanding of what constitutes racist and faith-targeted bullying, supporting schools and others to take appropriate action to prevent and respond.
The relationship between racist incidents and racist bullying
All incidents of racist bullying in schools constitute a racist incident. However not all racist incidents would constitute racist bullying. To determine if racist incident/s are bullying, it is important to have a shared whole-school understanding of what bullying is.
The Anti-Bullying Alliance defines bullying as:
‘the repetitive, intentional hurting of one person or group by another person or group, where the relationship involves an imbalance of power. It can happen face to face or online.’
You can find out more about hate crimes here.
Find out more about racist and faith targeted bullying below.