Ministry of Racial Equality studies creating the Racism Dial

The Minister of Racial Equality, Anielle Franco, celebrated this Tuesday (23) the determination of the government of Spain to set up a new hotline for receiving complaints of racial or ethnic discrimination and to provide assistance to victims, through the number 021 The announcement came after the racist attacks suffered by Brazilian athlete Vinícius Jr., a Real Madrid player, on Sunday (20). The 021 is valid throughout Spain and calling the number is free. The service will be operated by the Directorate General for Equal Treatment and Ethnic Racial Diversity, subordinated to the Spanish Ministry of Equality and the Council for the Elimination of Racial or Ethical Discrimination. Minister Anielle Franco informed that Brazil intends to launch, by the end of the year, the Dial 138, to receive complaints of racism, discrimination and racial insults. “We had some victories because of our pressure, our positioning, here [no Brasil], regarding this case. They launched 021, as if it were a racism hotline. We had already talked about this in two meetings. I take the opportunity to say that this is also our idea of ​​having a racism hotline here [no Brasil], by the end of the year, which would be our 138”. The press office of the Ministry of Racial Equality confirmed to Agência Brasil that meetings took place to address this matter between the teams of the Ministries of Racial Equality and Human Rights and Citizenship (MDHC). The MDHC already coordinates the Dial 100, which records and forwards records of human rights violations to the competent bodies. Spain This Tuesday, the spokeswoman for the government of Spain, Isabel Rodríguez, in a press conference after the meeting of the Council of Ministers, said that Spain is anti-racist and that the authorities reject and condemn prejudiced behavior. When answering questions from Spanish journalists about cases like that of the player Vini Jr., the spokesperson stated that the acts will not go unpunished, they will be pursued and punished. Isabel Rodríguez recognized that these episodes do not only occur in the sporting environment. And she stressed that the Spanish government “pursues and condemns hate speech and that Spain respects diversity”.

Agência Brasil