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Discrimination against Roma traced back

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , , , on 1 November 2013 by delclem

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“Discrimination against Sinti & Roma is an inextricable part of their millennium-old history in Europe. The discrimination could be seen as an understandable reaction of the settled population to nomadic strangers. However the Roma and their advocates argue that the nomadic lifestyle is a consequence, rather than cause, of the discrimination.” >full text (c) THE IRISH TIMES, 2013

More: How Racist Assumptions fuelled the ‘Maria’ Disaster >text (c) SPIEGEL,2013

Another article: the Slovak city of Košice as ‘slumdog millionaire’?
>text & disturbing photos (c) THE DAILY MAIL, 2013
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Roma Stand Against Prejudice in Hungarian University

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , on 3 July 2013 by delclem

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“Two people of Roma origin and an activist who fought a two-year battle to ban course material they found racially offensive at one of Hungary’s most respected universities have finally won an apology and the promise of a scholarship for a Roma student.”>text (c) Emerging Europe / WSJ, 2013; image (c) WAZ, 2013

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“A Requiem for Europe’s Worst Prejudices”

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , , on 3 December 2012 by delclem

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“The concert is sold out, and Maestro Sahiti’s appearance is met with a long round of applause. On the podium, he looks the musicians in the eyes, smiles, and they smile back. Nearly 10 years ago to the day, Sahiti founded the Roma and Sinti Philharmonic. It started out as a small project, which was hardly taken seriously. Now Sahiti stands before 60 musicians, from Germany, Romania, Hungary. All the orchestra members belong to the ethnic minority called Roma or Sinti: Gypsies; some of them have been abused, others bullied. At the Rudolfinum, they are playing for the public, but also for themselves – and against centuries of stereotypes.” >full text (c) SZ / Wordcrunch.com 2012

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Inside Italian Camps

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , on 2 January 2012 by delclem

Photographer Robin Hammond travels to the Roma camps in Italy to document the plight of the people there against the discrimination they face from the rest of the country (c) THE GUARDIAN, 2008-11   > More photos   > Article

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