The fight against anti-Roma racism has been declared a state goal in some of Germany’s Laender, and the Federal government also want to act. Victims of this pervasive racism report.
Pictures of the aftermath of the Appleby Horse Fair. Heaps of garbage. The underlying statement is: Look at how dirty they are.
In fact, when 40’000 people come to a festival, it is not better, and in many case even worse.
Some improvements, lots to do still…
Roma activist Selviya Mustafi from North Macedonia discussed a “Democratic Digital Organization” with former US President Barack Obama at the Copenhagen Democratic Summit in a panel.
Interview with Petr Torák, Honorary Consul of the Czech Republic in Peterborough, England. Invitation to the Open Road exhibition.
An exhibition in Cologne commemorates the persecution of Sinti and Roma.
Europe Roma and Travellers largest fair is opening today in Appleby.
With the inclusion of the fight against antigypsyism as a state goal, Brandenburg would be the second federal state after Schleswig-Holstein to write this down in its constitution, Central Council of German Sinti and Roma President Romani Rose told the Evangelical Press Service (epd). “This would be an important step that would make it clear that Sinti and Roma have been at home in Germany for centuries, including in Brandenburg.”
Or how a case of one mafiosi Roma family, long already in jail, continues to make the headlines. This is bad, as effectively, it is a single case, and is not representative.
A study in Hamburg, Germany, shows that stereotypes and racism are prevalent.
Several new stumbling stones for Sinti victims of the Nazis were set up in Bonn. More than half of the local Sinti were killed during the Nazi regime.
Quite out of the ordinary: “Sinti and Roma cannot be moved as if they were numbers; a path of integration is needed”. A heartfelt appeal that came last night from the bishop, Monsignor Corrado Sanguineti, during Vespers for the Holy Thorns. He was referring to the potential closure of a camp.
Not much this week in France. A book on Roma by Nicolas Clément, a volunteer at the Secours Catholique, with the title: “Precariousness for all luggage. Another look at the Roma” (Editions de l’Atelier). As usual, unfortunately, this reinforces the stereotype that all Roma are poor and other stereotypes. Not good.
Other news include the upcoming closure of a squat in Marseilles and the closure of a camp near Nantes.
Près de Nantes, un camp de Roms évacué à Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire ce jeudi. In : Francelive. 02.06.2022. https://www.francelive.fr/teaser/presse-ocean/un-camp-de-roms-evacue-a-sainte-luce-sur-loire-7456549/
New stumbling stones will be laid out in Bonn, commemorating the deportation of local Sinti.
And on why it should not be used.
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Well, unfortunately, not much is done about it in Germany, at least not on the internet.
An interview with Mehmet Daimagüler is Germany’s first commissioner for combating discrimination against Sinti and Roma.
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