News Americas – rroma.org https://rroma.org Fri, 04 Sep 2026 13:50:09 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://rroma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-greenwheel_large-1-32x32.png News Americas – rroma.org https://rroma.org 32 32 IT and Extreme Right https://rroma.org/it-and-extreme-right/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=it-and-extreme-right Fri, 04 Sep 2026 13:50:09 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=34664 David Heinemeier Hansson has called for the extensive deportation of Roma and Sinti, raising controversy around his political views.

He is known as the creator of Ruby on Rails but has lost respect in the software community due to his right-wing political stance and support for far-right extremists.

Omarchy, an initiative associated with Hansson, is linked to his controversial reputation.

]]> Memory https://rroma.org/memory-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=memory-2 Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:46:23 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=33962 Frieda Daniels, a 93-year-old former high-wire artist, shares her experiences during the genocide at the time of the Holocaust to educate younger generations about the atrocities faced by the Sinti and Roma community.

She and her family were persecuted by the Nazis, with an estimated 500,000 Sinti and Roma murdered during the genocide.

Now living in California, Frieda continues to travel and speak about her past, recently reflecting on her experiences during a visit to an exhibition in Heidelberg, Germany.

]]> Skateboarding Is Not for Girls https://rroma.org/skateboarding-is-not-for-girls/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=skateboarding-is-not-for-girls Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:34:18 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32890 A new movie by Dina Duma, this movie covers sentitive topics in the Roma community in the Šutka in North Macedonia.

To bee seen!

]]> Auschwitz Exhibition https://rroma.org/auschwitz-exhibition/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=auschwitz-exhibition Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:24:24 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32363 The traveling exhibition “Auschwitz. Not so long ago. Not so far away” will be shown at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum next year. The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum announced this on Monday. Using original artifacts, the exhibition conveys the history and significance of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp.

]]> Canada and Roma https://rroma.org/canada-and-roma/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=canada-and-roma Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:53:24 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32214 A crude article pandering to st3ereotypes about Roma in a Canadian publication. Bad. Even if yes, there are indeed some Roma who are begging …

]]> Ceija Stojka https://rroma.org/ceija-stojka-5/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ceija-stojka-5 Thu, 05 Mar 2026 16:01:58 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=31695 An article about the current exhibition of the works of Ceija Stoika in New York’s Drawing Centre.

]]> Santo Spinelli in NYC https://rroma.org/santo-spinelli-in-nyc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=santo-spinelli-in-nyc Thu, 22 Jan 2026 15:43:22 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=31187 On the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Concert for the Day of Remembrance / Samudaripen, promoted and organized by the Union of Romani Communities in Italy (UCRI), will be held on February 2 at 8:00 p.m. at Carnegie Hall in New York. The event, organized with the patronage and support of the Italian Cultural Institute in New York, UNAR at Palazzo Chigi, and the major European Roma and Sinti organizations—ERGO Network, ERIAC, and IRU—is intended to contribute to the recognition of Samudaripen, the genocide of the Roma people during World War II, alongside the Holocaust, through the universal language of music. The concert features two internationally renowned artists, Gennaro Spinelli, violin soloist, and Santino Spinelli, accordion soloist, accompanied by members of the European Peace Orchestra. This ethno-symphonic project combines revisited classical repertoire and traditional Romani music, along with several original compositions, offering a musical journey of strong symbolic and cultural value.

]]> Urban Segregation and the Making of Roma Marginality in Türkiye: The Case of Urla https://rroma.org/urban-segregation-and-the-making-of-roma-marginality-in-turkiye-the-case-of-urla/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=urban-segregation-and-the-making-of-roma-marginality-in-turkiye-the-case-of-urla Thu, 16 Oct 2025 14:26:10 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=30164 Dr. Uştuk will present his ethnographic research of the Roma community in Urla, a town near Izmir. The talk will begin with a brief overview of the evolution of Romani Studies in Türkiye, situating the emergence of the field within the broader political transformations prompted by EU accession processes and the Roma civil society movement. Against this contextual background, an ethnographic case study from Urla, İzmir region, demonstrates how gentrification policies led to an “exile strategy” against the Roma community, framing them as the “unwanted others.” The research indicates that structural exclusion operates simultaneously through policy frameworks and everyday narratives of blame, sustaining a long-lasting politics of exclusion.

One can register for this conference.

  • https://romanistudies.ch/seminar-series/2025-2026/29-october-2025/
]]> Canadian Roma https://rroma.org/canadian-roma/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=canadian-roma Sat, 06 Sep 2025 13:02:09 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=29721 A Harvard University study on Roma in Canada and the discrimination they face.

]]> A Western View on Roma https://rroma.org/a-western-view-on-roma/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-western-view-on-roma Tue, 02 Sep 2025 14:15:20 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=29665 An article from a church about Roma in Southeastern Europe. It shows the stereotypes and the total lack of culture of its writer.

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