I have very mixed feelings about this. It smacks a little too much of the same sort of things that went on during the Civil Rights movement in the States. People were expected to take steps to "prove" that they were not prejudiced, instead of just letting it show in their day to day lives. It was an over-reaction to the situation. Are we also going to hold Jewish Awareness Week, Catholic Awareness Week (sure to be popular in NI), Hindu Awareness Week, Buddhist Awareness Week, Pagan Awareness Week.... The list is endless. All of these groups have been misunderstood and mistreated by someone in the past. I don't claim to know what the solution to the problem is, but I'm not convinced that this is it. I'm not sure there are enough weeks in the year to give everyone a fair shake.
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