Therefore, BWI does not condone silencing, tone policing, or otherwise oppressing marginalized groups, nor does BWI discriminate or permit
discrimination by any member of its community against any individual on the basis of age, citizenship status, class, color, disability, gender expression, gender identity, marital status, national origin, parental status, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation.
You may have heard the sound
of corks popping on Twitter yesterday when news broke that the Federal Government has dropped planned changes to the Racial
Discrimination Act that had been opposed
by many public health experts and
community groups and
members.
Further, an understanding that social development is influenced
by culture may aid host
communities to develop sources
of information (and possibly intervention) for parents (and children) whose belief systems may place children at risk for rejection, exclusion,
discrimination, and victimization
by members of the host
community or country.