What is Harmony Day

March 21 is known around the world as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, a solemn reminder of a brutal massacre that took ...

"We are asking everyone to call March 21 by its proper name: the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination." And it's certainly not focusing on the diversity of people's experiences and inequalities and injustices," she says. "We do actually need a different word. it's more focusing on the unity, rather than the diversity. It's not just about celebrating the lovely aspects of culture. my history, so that then I remember those who passed on the day," she says. There used to be a minister for immigration and multiculturalism, but the Those things don't fit into a harmony framework." By lunchtime, the crowd had grown to thousands of people. Since then, the day has been an opportunity for successive governments to promote events and celebrations that highlight multicultural success stories and belonging. "It was actually a deliberate political move. Organisers had urged demonstrators to leave their passes at home, which was against the law, positing that it wouldn't be possible to arrest thousands of people.