Racism for me is when it is harder for me to get a job, not because of my qualifications and grades but because of my foreign name. That's racism.

Aisha Ahmad, 19 years, Pakistani living in Denmark

Acknowledgements

The editing group wishes to thank all those who have contributed to this publication by sending in project descriptions, quotations and stories of young people, sharing experience and giving advice, in particular:

• All the participants of the Training Course on 'Peer Group Education as a means to fight racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism and intolerance', held as part of the European Youth Campaign 'all different - all equal' in the European Youth Centre, Strasbourg from 6 - 12 February 1995;

• The Advisory Committee of the European Youth Centre and the European Youth Foundation, in particular its second working group on racism: Rainer Lenze, European Confederation of Youth Clubs. Lars Nyctelius, International Lesbian and Gay Youth Organisation and Barbara Stalder of the Swiss National Youth Council;

• Georgiana Anton, Romania

• Albatros, France

• Arcréation, Paris, France

• Association Culturelle Maghrebo Europeenne, Bourg-en-Bresse, France

• Association Espace Pluriel, France

• Association la Marmite, Grenoble, France

• British Red Cross, Youth Department

• Kathalijne Buitenweg and Mohammed Dhalech, Members of the European Steering Group of the Council of Europe's Youth Campaign 'all different - all equal'

• Stathis Eliades, Cyprus

• Edina Gabor, Hungary

• Europe at School

• The Guardian Angels, Germany/Sweden/United Kingdom

• Instituut voor Kategoriaal Overleg, Limburg, Netherlands

• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Youth Department

• National Coalition Building Institute, England and Switzerland

• Anna Smolen, Poland

• Syriac Youth Federation, Sweden

• Suzanne Weigl, RFSL, Sweden

• Youth for Development and Cooperation

• Youth for Understanding/European Educational Exchanges

We apologise for errors and omissions and regret that we were not able to include all materials received.