Kostlán/Genderkinger (2013) spoke with Miroslav Brož of the NGO “Konexe” which fights for the rights of the Rroma in the Czech Republic. Brož paints a grim picture of widespread and even institutionalized racism against Rroma through all strata of the population. It is particularly worrying that the pogroms currently occurring are no longer only organised by neo-Nazis but increasingly also by “normal” citizens, especially young people. Between the angry citizens and the Rroma there is often the police, and one cannot assume that it will always in the future ensure the protection of the Rroma: “So far, the police could protect the Rroma. Lately I became more aware that we must finally always trust in the police. We count on them guarding our backs, to protects us. During many demonstrations against Rroma, only the counterinsurgency units stood between the aggressive mob and the Rroma families. I do not think that they will continue to keep the mob under control. The demonstrations against Rroma are getting more brutal, more numerous and larger.” The Czech Republic has massively expanded their monitoring by the widespread installation of cameras in Rroma ghettos and so automatically put them under suspicion. The strong hatred towards Rroma – so Brož – has in turn given rise among Czech Rroma to a strong aversion towards ethnic Czechs, something not conductive to integration.
- Kostlán, František /Genderkinger, Michael (2013) Es wird üblich, ständig bewaffnet zu sein. In: haGalil online vom 17.10.2013. http://www.hagalil.com/archiv/2013/10/17/antiziganismus/
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