The arrest of a minor Rroma boy of Bosnian origins in Vienna encourages racial prejudice against the Rroma. The 12-year-old boy is said to have repeatedly committed pick-pocketing. The newspaper Heute explains the motive for the thefts as being culturally determined and thus fuels false, absurd notions of a ethnically conditioned delinquency: “The boy is a Bosnian citizen and comes from a Roma family. He is illiterate and has never been to school. [ … ] He may belong to a European-wide clan and may have been specifically trained to steal, as he already appeared in other states.” The reference to the ethnicity of the boys is totally unnecessary and inconsiderate. It only encourages racist prejudices against members of the minority. Rroma are not more criminal than the representatives of other ethnic groups. Unfortunately, these prejudices are kept persist-ently (Today 2014 Today 2014/II ) .
- Heute (2014) 12-jähriger Taschendieb wurde freigelassen. In: Heute online vom 7.2.2014. http://www.heute.at/news/oesterreich/wien/art23652,982453
- Heute (2014/II) Haft-Rätsel um jungen Taschendieb in Wien. In: Heute online vom 7.2.2014. http://www.heute.at/news/oesterreich/wien/art23652,982326
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