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Coping with Beggars Gangs

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How to deal with beggars? The journalist here highlights that banning “beggars’ gangs” is probably not the right way to go. We couldn’t agree more!
Besides, how do you define a “gang”? These do not exist and are a construct from the press and politics.

– Coping with beggar gangs. In: DW. 24.02.2017. http://www.dw.com/en/coping-with-beggar-gangs/av-37711392 [link-preview url=”http://www.dw.com/en/coping-with-beggar-gangs/av-37711392″]

Our Language

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A contribution on Rromanes and its importance!

– Celebrating Our Diverse Language Heritage. In: ERRC. 21.02.2017. http://www.errc.org/blog/celebrating-our-diverse-language-heritage/157 [link-preview url=”http://www.errc.org/blog/celebrating-our-diverse-language-heritage/157″]

Football Again

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Seems that racism and prejudice are an integral part of Football. This time this is an Australian goalkeeper who was fined for having insulted another player, calling him a “f*cking Gypsy” …
What a surprise.

– City keeper in hot water for shocking racial slur. In: Yahoo AU Sports. 05.02.2017. https://au.sports.yahoo.com/football/a/34342322/dean-bouzanis-gypsy-slur-besart-berisha-melbourne-a-league-derby/#page1 [link-preview url=”https://au.sports.yahoo.com/football/a/34342322/dean-bouzanis-gypsy-slur-besart-berisha-melbourne-a-league-derby/#page1″]

TV, Comics, and Rroma

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A discussion about the upcoming incarnation of a cartoon character called “Gypsy” in a TV series. The very name raises a few questions and concerns, as it is de-facto a racial slur. What would people say if a character was named after the N-word? So why don’t they think about “Gypsy”?

– Reconsidering ‘GYPSY’ As an Ethnic Slur As the DC Character Comes to the CW. In: Newsrama. 26.01.2017. http://www.newsarama.com/32801-reconsidering-dc-s-gypsy-name-as-a-racial-slur-in-light-of-her-upcoming-debut-on-cw-s-the-flash.html [link-preview url=”http://www.newsarama.com/32801-reconsidering-dc-s-gypsy-name-as-a-racial-slur-in-light-of-her-upcoming-debut-on-cw-s-the-flash.html”]

Shut Your Eyes …

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The first episode of Shut Eyes has been released. Stereotypes aplenty.

– ‘Shut Eye’: Watch the First Episode of Jeffrey Donovan’s New Psychic Drama Here. In: Yahooh TV. 20.12.2016. https://www.yahoo.com/tv/shut-eye-hulu-watch-first-episode-free-yahoo-view-153729602.html [link-preview url=”https://www.yahoo.com/tv/shut-eye-hulu-watch-first-episode-free-yahoo-view-153729602.html”]

Rroma Holocaust on YouTube

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An article about the resources on the Rroma Holocaust that can be found on YouTube and other open sources. Chilling article.

– Der Völkermord an den Sinti und Roma auf Youtube. In: HaGalil. 18.12.2016. http://www.hagalil.com/2016/12/sinti-und-roma-3/ [link-preview url=”http://www.hagalil.com/2016/12/sinti-und-roma-3/”]

Persecution and Discrimination

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Carol Silverman, and anthropologist confronts the stereotypes and discrimination that Rroma face and the current trends of racial profiling that have started on the West Coast of the US.
Good!

– Professor confronts the persecution faced by Roma people. In: Around the O. 16.12.2016. http://around.uoregon.edu/content/professor-confronts-persecution-faced-roma-people [link-preview url=”http://around.uoregon.edu/content/professor-confronts-persecution-faced-roma-people”]

Holocaust

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A publisher, Troika Books, has acquired the rights of a novel depicting the Rroma Holocaust.

– Troika acquires YA holocaust novel. In: The Bookseller. 14.12.2016. http://www.thebookseller.com/news/troika-acquires-ya-holocaust-novel-448216 [link-preview url=”http://www.thebookseller.com/news/troika-acquires-ya-holocaust-novel-448216″]

Rroma and Refugees

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Again this theory that Rroma are the reason why Eastern Europe turned against migrants. Bad story, but presented better than the one in Bloomberg last week and written by Andrzej Mirga, a Polish Rom.

– Are Roma to blame for Europe’s rejection of refugees? In: Al Jazeera. 14.12.2016. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/12/roma-blame-europe-rejection-refugees-161214082111342.html [link-preview url=”http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/12/roma-blame-europe-rejection-refugees-161214082111342.html”]

Popular Image of Rroma

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Yet another case of portraying Rroma via stereotypes only. This time, in the superhero league, with a woman who has the power “to hide and trick” and who calls herself Gypsy…
Bad.

– Justice League Heroine to Join CW’s The Flash — But Isn’t She Due For a Non-Racist Name Change? In: The Marie Sue. 12.12.2016. http://www.themarysue.com/the-flash-gypsy-due-for-a-name-change/ [link-preview url=”http://www.themarysue.com/the-flash-gypsy-due-for-a-name-change/”]

Shut Eye …

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More on the Hulu series… Un fortunately not all bad. It should be really panned for the stereotypes it conveys about the Rroma community. This series is really bad.

– ORIGINALITY IS NOT IN THE CARDS FOR SHUT EYE. In: MTV News. 06.12.2016. http://www.mtv.com/news/2960933/shut-eye-jeffrey-donovan-hulu-review/
– Hulu gives fake psychics real drama in the addicting Shut Eye. In: AV Club. 07.12.2016. http://www.avclub.com/review/hulu-gives-fake-psychics-real-drama-addicting-shut-245207
– Review New fortune-teller drama ‘Shut Eye’ runs hot and cold. In: Los Angeles Times. 06.12.2016. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-shut-eye-review-20161207-story.html [link-preview url=”http://www.mtv.com/news/2960933/shut-eye-jeffrey-donovan-hulu-review/”]

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img_0424A declaration of the IRU president Normunds Rudevics regarding Mr. Hofer. They are categorically against it! [link-preview url=””]

Divines …

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The movie “Divines” reviewed by MTV!

– THE BRUTAL GIRL POWER OF DIVINES. In: MTV. 22.11.2016. http://www.mtv.com/news/2957251/divines-netflix-review/ [link-preview url=”http://www.mtv.com/news/2957251/divines-netflix-review/”]

Gypsy Crime Classes

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Another article about the law enforcement classes called “Without Mercy: Criminal Gypsies/Travelers & the Elderly,” which created an uproar in the Rroma community in the Northwest. The class was apparently cancelled, but still – alone the idea is bad.

– ‘Gypsy’ crime class raises questions about racial profiling. In: Oregon Live. 14.11.2016. http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2016/11/gypsy_crime_class_raises_quest.html [link-preview url=”http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2016/11/gypsy_crime_class_raises_quest.html”]

More on Comics and Rroma

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A further article on the comics and Rroma that shows that comics perpetuate clichés on Rroma.

– A Look Behind Romani Concerns Expressed At New York Comic Con. In: Bleeding Cool. 17.10.2016. http://www.bleedingcool.com/2016/10/17/a-look-behind-the-romani-concerns-expressed-at-new-york-comic-con/ [link-preview url=”http://www.bleedingcool.com/2016/10/17/a-look-behind-the-romani-concerns-expressed-at-new-york-comic-con/”]

Hate Speech and Comics

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Comics have a strong influence on stereotype and prejudices, especially in the case of minorities such as Rroma. The Rroma organisation RomaPop aims at fighting this in popular culture. Their views on Comics are sobering…

– Hate Speech And The Fight For Roma Representation After New York Comic Con. In: Comics Alliance. 14.10.2016. http://comicsalliance.com/peter-david-rromani-representation-new-york-comic-con/?trackback=tsmclip [link-preview url=”http://comicsalliance.com/peter-david-rromani-representation-new-york-comic-con/?trackback=tsmclip”]

Prejudices: How they Are Created

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A theatre piece called “mit dir Spiele ich nicht” [ With you I don’t play] is investigating how prejudices are created and perpetuated.

– Mit dir spiel‘ ich nicht – wie Vorurteile entstehen. 06.10.2016. https://rheinneckarblog.de/06/mit-dir-spiel-ich-nicht-wie-vorurteile-entstehen/113780.html [link-preview url=””]

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