Children's anti-racism billboard unveiled

The billboard aims to promote positive conversations about racism

A new billboard about racism which was created by a group of children has been unveiled.

Located in St Werburghs, Bristol, the billboard displays an illustration from the book If Racism Vanished for a Day.

The book was developed following a UWE Bristol research project involving children aged 10 and 11 from three inner city primary schools.

"Racism is not okay, and we want people to understand the way it affects us," the children said.

The billboard aims to promote conversation and highlight the impact racism can have on children's wellbeing.

Those involved in the project were asked to consider their thoughts about what life would be like if racism vanished for one day.

'Discussion opportunities'

The children said: "We hope that reading [the book] will help people think about how they can change what they do.

"Racism is a really big deal. It shouldn't have existed in the first place."

Led by Dr Verity Jones from UWE Bristol, the project was described as the first of its kind in the UK, with the children involved being the youngest group in the country to take part in research on this subject.

“This billboard is in response to the children demanding that anti-racist education not be condemned to tokenistic celebrations of what it is to be black during Black History Month but to have opportunities to discuss these important issues through the year," Dr Jones said.