THE GLOBAL FACE OF PREJUDICE Canada: “Despite embracing [the country’s] diversity and instituting numerous legal and policy provisions to protect the rights of diverse communities, racism has continued to be a serious human rights challenge.”—Amnesty International briefing on Canada, 2012. Europe: “[Forty-eight] percent of Europeans believe that too little is done to tackle discrimination in their country.”—Intolerance, Prejudice and Discrimination: A European Report, 2011. Africa: “Violence and discrimination against women remained widespread in many countries.”—Amnesty International Report 2012. Nepal: “Dalits (“untouchables”) suffer from endemic discrimination, especially in the economic, social, and cultural spheres.”—Human Rights Watch World Report, 2012. Eastern Europe: “Scapegoated abroad and the victims of prejudice at home, eastern Europe’s Roma are the problem no politician wants to solve.”—The Economist, September 4, 2010.
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