September 24, 2016

Travellers Camp and Bern

September 24, 2016 Published by: RF

The Bern Government is trying to take measures against abuses and misuses of one of the travellers sites in the canton. Apparently, the list of complaints is long, including not paying rent, destroying or damaging infrastructure, aggressive behaviour, and not sending children to school.
As usual, reality is somewhat less dramatic.

– Stadt Bern nimmt Fahrende in die Pflicht. In: Berner Zeitung. 20.09.2016. http://www.bernerzeitung.ch/region/bern/neue-spielregeln-fuer-standplatz-buech/story/15399016

News Switzerland

More on the Racism Complaint against Swiss Politician

September 24, 2016 Published by: RF

Two articles on the complaint for racism against the green liberal (yes) politician from Bern, Nathan Güntensperger who made disparaging and generalising comments against Rroma in the Press.
Reaction of the public to the complaint is not exactly positive … Which shows what still remains to be done.

– Gens du voyage: plainte pour racisme déposée contre un député bernois. In: Le Nouvelliste. 21.09.2016. http://www.lenouvelliste.ch/articles/suisse/gens-du-voyage-plainte-pour-racisme-deposee-contre-un-depute-bernois-581447
– Bieler GLP-Grossrat wird des Rassismus beschuldigt. In: Bluewin. 21.09.2016. https://www.bluewin.ch/de/news/regional/region-bern/2016/9/21/bieler-glp-grossrat-wird-des-rassismus-beschuldigt.html

News Eastern Europe Romania

Rroma “Fleeing” to the US

September 24, 2016 Published by: RF

Again another article on the purported migration of Rroma to California. To put things in perspective: The police said that less than 500 Romanian Rroma applied for Ayslum. California is not that small …

– Roma Fleeing the EU’s ‘Broken Promise’ seek Asylum in the US, In: Foreign Policy. http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/09/22/roma-romania-migration-united-states/

Roma Fleeing the ‘Broken Promises’ Seek Asylum in the

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A Brand of Beauty Products Named a Dark Lipstick “Gypsy”

September 24, 2016 Published by: RF

The brand, ColorPop, named its darker shades of make-up with offensive names. They also named a lipstick “Gypsy” but renamed it to Calypso after protests.
However, the name stuck in the URL of the product name. See at the bottom of the article.

– This Makeup Brand Apologized for Its Offensive Names for Darker Skin Tones. In: Seventeen. 22.09.2016. http://www.seventeen.com/beauty/makeup-skincare/news/a42942/this-makeup-brand-apologized-for-its-offensive-shade-names-for-darker-skin-tones/