Yet, while much positive progress has been made since the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry, personal and institutional racism still blights lives today and can destroy a child's self-image, confidence and future development.
Reported racial incidents have risen year on year since the police first started recording these reports separately in 1988. And charities such as Bullying Online are receiving more emails and letters than ever about occurrences of racist bullying.
While this may show that it is getting easier to talk about these sorts of incidents it also highlights that racism is not just about skin colour. White ethnic minority groups like Traveller children continue to be targeted along with an alarming growth of religious prejudice in today's climate of anti-Muslim backlash.
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