After cases of racism, the Public Defender’s Office of the State of São Paulo, through the Specialized Center for the Promotion of Racial Equality and Defense of Traditional Peoples and Communities (Nipup) and the Specialized Childhood and Youth Center (Neij), recommended, on Thursday (24), that the Shopping Pátio Higienópolis, in the state capital, immediate mode the entire security team with replacement within 30 days.
The agency justifies the measure by recidivism . In 2022, young people denounced episodes of racial discrimination. The cases are similar to the new complaint of a 12 -year -old, the target of a racist approach in the establishment.
Cases of racism in Shopping Pátio Higienópolis have motivated JUDICIAL ACTION IN 2019 AND TRUCKING BETWEEN ESTABLISHMENT ADMINISTRATION, SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND PUBLIC DEFENSE. “Despite the holding of a human rights training course for Shopping Security officials that year, new cases of racism were recorded, demonstrating the ineffectiveness of the adopted measures,” the agency said.
The Public Defender’s Office also recommended the holding of a public event At the mall, within 30 days, to discuss the rights of children and adolescents and racism in Brazil, with the participation of social movements that promoted the training course in 2019. Immediate reparation of material and moral damages suffered by the victims of the episodes of racism was also recommended.
Shopping Pátio Higienópolis has up to 48 hours to inform the concrete measures that will be adopted to comply with the recommendation. THE CNN contacted the mall and has not yet had a return.
Remember the case of racism
A 12 -year -old teenager was the target of a racist approach for a safety of Pátio Higienópolis Shopping, noble region of São Paulo. The incident on the 16th month, around noon and a half.
According to his mother’s report, a mall security approached the group’s white friend and wondered if black teenagers would be bothering or asking for money.
After the incident, a teacher at the team that was in the place intervened, and the school coordination filed a formal complaint at the mall. Leni also went to the administration to file her complaint after convincing her daughter, initially reluctant to return to the scene due to trauma.
The teenager’s mother filed a police report at the Virtual Office of Racial Crimes and Crime of Intolerance. According to the Civil Police, BO will be sent to the police district of the area where the incident occurred for the appropriate investigations and clarification of the facts to be carried out.
Pátio Higienópolis Shopping, in a statement to CNN he regretted the incident and said he is in contact with the adolescent family. The venture stated that the behavior adopted does not reflect its values and that the case is being treated with the maximum seriousness.
An anti-racist protest took place on Wednesday (23) by an action is organized by students of the equiprete collective, from Colégio Team,
This content was originally published in racism in Shopping: SP Defender’s Office recommends departure from security on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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