2
maltatoday | SUNDAY • 15 SEPTEMBER 2024
NEWS
MATTHEW
FARRUGIA
mfarrugia@mediatoday.com.mt
Anti-racism
barrage
Join DocLinker!
We're hiring a Full-Time
Doctor for events and home
visits. Competitive salary,
dynamic work, start ASAP!
Must be Malta Medical
Council registered, fluent
in English. Apply now:
doctorlink@hotmail.com
A campaign aimed at raising
awareness on the effects of
racism has been flooded by
thousands of racist comments
on social media.
End Racism MT is a cam-
paign headed by the Human
Rights Directorate within the
Equality and Reforms Ministry
and is partially funded by the
EU.
The campaign's Facebook
page uploads posts which dis-
cuss a wide range of issues
related to racism and other
forms of discrimination, in-
cluding racial profiling, hate
speech, and racial discrimina-
tion in the workplace.
Despite the message of ac-
ceptance, a significant num-
ber of predominantly Maltese
Facebook users flooded some
of the posts' comment sections
with anti-foreigner comments.
"You brought about racism
yourself," one woman wrote as
she accused foreigners of do-
ing as they please before saying
foreigners brought about "too
much filth."
"Racism exists all around the
world," another man com-
mented, adding that, "when a
Maltese person ridicules a for-
eigner it could be the case that
the foreigner took his job and
is frustrated by foreigners in
his country."
Commenting on a video
