To most people xenophobic attitudes and racism are all the same. The Talking about Taboos project launched in 2013 with an aim to see if different types of xenophobic actions exist and to see how different people view understand the concept of racism and xenophobia.

There are 5 partner countries involved and we have all identified a separate topic. The aim is to see if any best practices can be identified that are common to all forms of xenophobic activities:

• France Racist expressions and behaviour among minorities present in an adult training setting
• UK Separate Asian and other football associations. The big question of why there are no (or very few) Asians in football and many other sports.
• Italy Racist expressions and behaviour among original Italians against immigrants
• Poland The Rainbow discussion: For more information see: https://www.artsjournal.com/aestheticgrounds/rainbows-less-joy-burning-in-warsaw/
• The Netherlands The Black Pete discussion. For more information see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwarte_Piet