Our condolences go out to the victims of the mass shooting at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand last Friday (15 March 2019), their families and loved ones. As the world grapples with the grief and shock of yet another terrorist attack, it is high time we reflect on our own part in the bigger picture – have we been complicit in spreading stereotypes and prejudices against minority groups, or are we breaking that cycle of hate, intolerance and xenophobia? On the eve of the International Day for the Discrimination of Racial Discrimination (IDERD) on 21 March, let us remember that the choices we make every day – whether to use an ethnic slur, share a racist joke on Facebook, or believe a poorly researched news report about new immigrants – have flesh-and-blood consequences and ultimately form the world we live in. It is a choice between empathy and apathy, between peace and violence, and it is ours to make.