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Daily Archives: September 2, 2022
Serbia and Census
Serbia will be conducting a census from October 1st to 31st. Many Roma do not choose to declare themselves as such in the census. Some however do. Joca Nikolić is from Sombor, he is a musician and he is 61 years old. As long as he can remember, he declares himself as Rom. His family roots are like that, he says, that’s how he feels. And he does not condemn those Roma who will not declare themselves in the upcoming census: “It is a personal matter, you can freely declare yourself as a Hungarian,” says Nikolić.
There are various reasons why some people do not want to declare themselves as Roma, the president of the Roma National Council, Dalibor Nakić, told DW. “Some of them are afraid that they will be exposed to discrimination, and some of them have reached full social integration over time, so they think that they will be more appreciated, respected and successful in society if they do not declare themselves as Roma. Mimicry reaction is for some people, according to their logic, a way to achieve a better position in society,” says Nakić.
- Popis stanovništva u Srbiji: biti ili ne biti Rom? In: Deutsche Welle. 31.08.2022. https://www.dw.com/hr/popis-stanovništva-u-srbiji-biti-ili-ne-biti-rom/a-62967105
Serbia, Roma, and Schools
Reading material for third grade children, ” Narodne umotvorine lake za đake trećake”, published by the “Klet” publishing house, which, contains controversial content according to the Roma organisation Opre Roma. It uses the term “Cigan” and, as an example says: “A gypsy asked her mother: What is the longest day of the year? Those when wait for dinner without lunch”.
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development announced that it does not encourage racism, nor does it show irresponsibility towards anyone, especially not towards members of the Roma community and added that it does not prescribe nor approve the contents of the reading material.
- Ministarstvo odgovara Opre Roma: Ne propisujemo, niti odobravamo sadržaj lektira. In: N1. 31.08.2022.https://rs.n1info.com/vesti/ministarstvo-odgovara-opre-roma-ne-propisujemo-niti-odobravamo-sadrzaj-lektira/
- Ministarstvo prosvete: Nismo nadležni za odobravanje sadržaja lektira. In: O2. 31.08.2022.https://www.021.rs/story/Info/Srbija/315734/Ministarstvo-prosvete-Nismo-nadlezni-za-odobravanje-sadrzaja-lektira.html
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