An exhibition in the ETH Zurich.
Daily Archives: October 2, 2024
Education and Minorities
An article about the issue of seggregated schools versus the right to being taucht in one’s language. Background is the current drive by the Fico government to set up a school in Eastern Slovakia where teaching will be done in Romanes.
This is a false debate. All Roma who speak Romanes are dual language speakers. They speak the local language and Romanes. Desegregation is thus the key here, together with some courses about Romanes. Segregation and Romanes only schools will certainly no solve any issue.
- Rómska národnostná škola v Rakúsoch: medzi právom na vzdelávanie v materinskom jazyku a desegregáciou si nemôžeme vyberať. In: Dennik N. 02.10.2024. https://dennikn.sk/4224607/romska-narodnostna-skola-v-rakusoch-medzi-pravom-na-vzdelavanie-v-materinskom-jazyku-a-desegregaciou-si-nemozeme-vyberat/
Berlin Memorial
The Berlin Memorial of the Sinti and Roma victims of National Socialsim is being threatened by work for a new subway line. It could potentially be closed for quite a while.
On Saturday evening, more than 100 demonstrators gathered on Potsdamer Platz to protest against planned construction work for the new S-Bahn line 21 that will not just force the extended closure of this memorial to victims of Nazi genocide, but will also cause a permanent impact due to the felling of nearby trees and other long-term changes to the surroundings.
- Save the Sinti-Roma memorial: 100 activists protest planned construction work. In: The Berliner. 30.09.2024. https://www.the-berliner.com/english-news-berlin/save-the-sinti-roma-memorial-100-activists-protest-planned-construction-work/
Even in Death
The general secretary of the Federal Association of Sinti and Roma, Romeo Franz, is said to have been severely discriminated against by an undertaker in Homburg. Franz reported to the taz that the owner of the funeral home refused to sell him a coffin and funeral service. He said that he did not do business with Sinti and Roma. Franz described the incident as “dismaying” in an interview with the taz.
- Diskriminiert bis nach dem Tod. In: TAZ. 01.10.2024. https://taz.de/Antiziganismus-bei-Bestatter/!6037019/
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