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One Rotten Apple
Yet another illustration that one rotten apple is sufficient to drag us all down into stereotypes. This is the ongoing case of the Mafia in Ostia, the former Rome port on the Tiber, a Mafia where one of the main gang and bosses are Sinti.
– Ostia, sigilli alla sala slot feudo del clan Spada. In: Roma Republica. 27.12.2017. http://roma.repubblica.it/cronaca/2017/12/27/news/ostia_sigilli_alla_sala_slot_feudo_del_clan_spada-185321351/ [link-preview url=”http://roma.repubblica.it/cronaca/2017/12/27/news/ostia_sigilli_alla_sala_slot_feudo_del_clan_spada-185321351/”]
Opinion
No comments here …
– A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO ANTIGYPSYISM. In: The Norwich Radical. 29.12.2017. https://thenorwichradical.com/2017/12/29/a-beginners-guide-to-antigypsyism/ [link-preview url=”https://thenorwichradical.com/2017/12/29/a-beginners-guide-to-antigypsyism/”]
Baxtalo Krečuno!
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Redefine Roma Culture …
https://www.facebook.com/OpenSocietyFoundations/videos/10155940817164921/ [link-preview url=”https://www.facebook.com/OpenSocietyFoundations/videos/10155940817164921/”]
75 years …
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Times of the Gypsies
The movie the Time of the Gypsies is now also a theatre production. It has been presented as a musical in Turkey for the first time.
While the movie was excellent as a movie, it presented Roma in a very stereotypical fashion. Let’s hope the theatre production will not do the same.
– ‘Time of the Gypsies’ now on theater stage. In: The Daily Sabah. 12.12.2017. https://www.dailysabah.com/arts-culture/2017/12/12/time-of-the-gypsies-now-on-theater-stage [link-preview url=”https://www.dailysabah.com/arts-culture/2017/12/12/time-of-the-gypsies-now-on-theater-stage”]
Damian le Bas
The British artist Damian Le Bas died unexpectedly at the age of 54 in his home in Southern England. He was most notably present at the first Sinti and Roma pavilion at the 2007 Venice Biennale.
May he rest in peace!
– Damian Le Bas ist tot. In: Der Spiegel. 11.12.2017. http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/damian-le-bas-britischer-kuenstler-ueberraschend-gestorben-a-1182758.html
– Damian Le Bas ist 54-jährig gestorben. In: Luzerner Zeitung. 11.12.2017. http://www.luzernerzeitung.ch/nachrichten/kultur/damian-le-bas-ist-54-jaehrig-gestorben;art46444,1156195 [link-preview url=”http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/damian-le-bas-britischer-kuenstler-ueberraschend-gestorben-a-1182758.html “]
Jewish Connection … Really – Continued
More background on the recent news that an Israeli scholar claims that Roma are the lost Israelite tribe of Samuel. He has a Facebook page and a foundation called Atsigana whose goal is to establish a Roma Holocaust museum (in itself a worthy goal).
Only issue, his theories are totally wrong.
– https://www.facebook.com/Shmuel377
– https://www.leetchi.com/c/projets-de-samuel-abucaya [link-preview url=”https://www.facebook.com/Shmuel377 “]
Shut Eyes …
Again the TV series “Shut Eyes” featuring the actress Isabella Rosselini. Well, the series perpetuates stereotypes against Roma. So please shut your eyes…
– Rossellini embraces ruthless yet loving crime boss on ‘Shut Eye’. In: New York Post. 05.12.2017. https://nypost.com/2017/12/05/rossellini-embraces-ruthless-yet-loving-crime-boss-on-shut-eye/ [link-preview url=”https://nypost.com/2017/12/05/rossellini-embraces-ruthless-yet-loving-crime-boss-on-shut-eye/”]
Racism and Discrimination
The European Union Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) in a report and survey stated that minorities and migrants are facing increased discrimination and racism. The agency surveyed 25’500 people belonging to minorities in their survey.
– Minorities across EU face widespread discrimination, rights body say. In: Daily Sabah. 06.11.2017. https://www.dailysabah.com/europe/2017/12/07/minorities-across-eu-face-widespread-discrimination-rights-body-say [link-preview url=”https://www.dailysabah.com/europe/2017/12/07/minorities-across-eu-face-widespread-discrimination-rights-body-say”]
Really?
An Israeli scholar claims that Roma are the descendants of the Israelite tribe of Simeon. Some Roma are following him.
Needless to say that there is no scientific evidence of this. Roma are from India, and came a bit later than Simeon’s times.
– Israeli Scholar: The Romani People Are Descendants of the Israelite Tribe of Simeon. In: Tablet. 06.12.2017. http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/250842/israeli-scholar-the-romani-people-are-descendants-of-the-israelite-tribe-of-simeon [link-preview url=”http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/250842/israeli-scholar-the-romani-people-are-descendants-of-the-israelite-tribe-of-simeon”]
Polish Initiative
A Roma initiative in the Polish city of Prudnik: A centre for children where they can do their homework and get help, but also where they can hang out with others instead of being out in the street.
– Prudnik: Nowa świetlica dla Romów już działa. In: Radio Opole. 02.12.2017. http://radio.opole.pl/100,220781,prudnik-nowa-swietlica-dla-romow-juz-dziala&s=1&si=1&sp=1 [link-preview url=”http://radio.opole.pl/100,220781,prudnik-nowa-swietlica-dla-romow-juz-dziala&s=1&si=1&sp=1″]
Roma and Sinti in Movies
A series of movies this week in Cologne on Roma and Sinti.
– https://www.facebook.com/events/301911143632484/ [link-preview url=”https://www.facebook.com/events/301911143632484/”]
Inclusion
European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) hosted the 11th European Platform for Roma Inclusion on the 27th and 28th of November. The main topic centred on the path from education to employment for young Roma.
Let’s hope thst this will bring something concrete.
– EESC hosts Platform for Roma Inclusion addressing education and employment prospects for young Roma. In: EESC. 28.11.2017. http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/news-media/press-releases/eesc-hosts-platform-roma-inclusion-addressing-education-and-employment-prospects-young-roma [link-preview url=”http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/news-media/press-releases/eesc-hosts-platform-roma-inclusion-addressing-education-and-employment-prospects-young-roma”]
Aspropyrgos: Roma, Pontus Greeks, and More …
A very good article on an industrial town near Athens, with its minorities of Roma and Pontus Greeks, an endemic criminality, pollution, and the rise of “Golden Dawn” the extreme rightist party.
– EUROPE’S HEART OF DARKNESS. 24.10.2017. https://www.1843magazine.com/features/europes-heart-of-darkness [link-preview url=”https://www.1843magazine.com/features/europes-heart-of-darkness”]
A Young Sinto
A young Sinto, Giano Weiss from the city of Paderborn, is engaging himself for the remembrance of the victims of the Holocaust in his city and for trying to establish the facts. He was received by the Prime Minister of the State of Northwest Westphalia.
– Ministerpräsident Laschet ermutigt jungen Paderborner Sinto. In: Neue Westfälische. 24.11.2017. http://www.nw.de/lokal/kreis_paderborn/paderborn/paderborn/21986323_Ministerpraesident-Laschet-ermutigt-jungen-Paderborner-Sinto.html [link-preview url=”http://www.nw.de/lokal/kreis_paderborn/paderborn/paderborn/21986323_Ministerpraesident-Laschet-ermutigt-jungen-Paderborner-Sinto.html”]
Recommendation for Roma Integration
Read, and comment. Tendency is to assimilate Roma to a social issue …
– 5 Recommendations from EPHA to the future EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies post 2020. In: EPHA. 24.11.2017. https://epha.org/5-recommendations-from-epha-to-the-future-eu-framework-for-national-roma-integration-strategies-post-2020/ [link-preview url=”https://epha.org/5-recommendations-from-epha-to-the-future-eu-framework-for-national-roma-integration-strategies-post-2020/”]
Nelly’s Adventures and Antitsiganism
An article about the children movie “Nelly’s Adventures” which perpetuates clichés and sterotypes about Roma and which was funded in part by the sate.
The TaZ is organising a conference on the 22. November on the topic of Antitsiganism and on how to combat it.
– „Staatlich geförderter Antiziganismus“ In: TaZ. 18.11.2017. http://www.taz.de/!5460745/ [link-preview url=”http://www.taz.de/!5460745/”]
Professor in Prešov
A Canadian ethnology professor studying Roma in the Prešov region has been arrested for possession of child pornography and for abducting an 11 years old girl.
– V Prešove zatkli profesora, ktorý skúmal Rómov. V počítači mal detské porno. In: Aktuality. 15.11.2017. https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/539262/v-presove-zatkli-profesora-ktory-skumal-romov-v-pocitaci-mal-detske-porno/ [link-preview url=”https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/539262/v-presove-zatkli-profesora-ktory-skumal-romov-v-pocitaci-mal-detske-porno/”]
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