An interesting article about the invisible Roma of NYC.
– Romi, »skriti« v New Yorku. In: RTV. 13.10.2017. http://www.rtvslo.si/lokalne-novice/romi-skriti-v-new-yorku/435082 [link-preview url=”http://www.rtvslo.si/lokalne-novice/romi-skriti-v-new-yorku/435082″]
On the 8th of October, two men in a car shot several times against a house in a Roma Osada. The police has ruled out a racial motive and is saying that the two men were under the influence of alcohol. Apparently, the two men wanted to have sex with a Romni, and while waiting, accidently shot several times …
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– Streľba na Rómov v Pohronskej Polhore nemala rasový motív, mladíci chceli na seba upozorniť. In: Web Noviny. 12.10.2017. https://www.webnoviny.sk/strelba-na-romov-v-pohronskej-polhore-nemala-rasovy-motiv-mladici-chceli-na-seba-upozornit/
– V prípade streľby na rodinný dom Rómov polícia vylúčila rasový motív. In: Teraz Regiony. http://www.teraz.sk/regiony/pohronska-polhorav-pripade-strelby-n/285888-clanok.html [link-preview url=”https://www.webnoviny.sk/strelba-na-romov-v-pohronskej-polhore-nemala-rasovy-motiv-mladici-chceli-na-seba-upozornit/”]
So far 18 people have caught measles in a Roma camp in the Polish city of Poznan. There are roughly 80 people living in this camp.
– Burza wokół zachorowań na odrę w Poznaniu. “To dla mnie niepojęte. Nie żyjemy przecież jak za króla Ćwieczka”. In: Na Temat. http://natemat.pl/219691,burza-wokol-zachorowan-romow-na-odre-w-poznaniu-to-dla-mnie-niepojete-nie-zyjemy-przeciez-jak-za-krola-cwieczka [link-preview url=”http://natemat.pl/219691,burza-wokol-zachorowan-romow-na-odre-w-poznaniu-to-dla-mnie-niepojete-nie-zyjemy-przeciez-jak-za-krola-cwieczka”]
Representative from the Green party sharply criticised a children movie called “Nelly’s Adventure” shown on television for its stereotypical representation of Roma as petty criminals…
– Roma als Kleinkriminelle – Grüne kritisieren Kinderfilm. In: Die Welt. 13.10.2017. https://www.welt.de/kultur/article169598074/Roma-als-Kleinkriminelle-Gruene-kritisieren-Kinderfilm.html [link-preview url=”https://www.welt.de/kultur/article169598074/Roma-als-Kleinkriminelle-Gruene-kritisieren-Kinderfilm.html”]
What we really don’t need … A case of rape with a truly underage 12 years old girl due to a child wedding. The Rom, 25 years old was sentenced to 6 years of jail. It did the front page of the UK press and of course also of the Romanian one.
It is used unfortunately as a case f collective guilt.
– Roma man from Romania jailed in UK for raping 12-year-old pregnant wife. In: Romania Insider. 12.10.2017. https://www.romania-insider.com/roma-man-romania-jailed-uk/
– Romany Gypsy man, 25, is jailed for six years for having sex with his TWELVE-year-old wife after moving to Essex. In: Daily Mail. 10.10.2017. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4965092/Romany-Gypsy-man-25-jailed-six-years.html [link-preview url=”https://www.romania-insider.com/roma-man-romania-jailed-uk/ “]
An article on the Romanian Kitsch museum… Guess what it showcases over Roma: Kings and crowns – which actually don’t mean anything.
A further stereotype.
– Many eastern Europeans feel nostalgia for the communist era. In: The Economist. 12.10.2017. https://www.economist.com/news/europe/21730167-though-few-really-want-dictators-back-many-eastern-europeans-feel-nostalgia-communist [link-preview url=”https://www.economist.com/news/europe/21730167-though-few-really-want-dictators-back-many-eastern-europeans-feel-nostalgia-communist”]
The Bulgarian government seems to make an effort to make sure Roma children are going to school in the country.
Nice to try to convince the parents, but definitively not enough. One needs to prevent discrimination which exists in school and make sure the children have the means to buy books and material.
– Bulgaria makes effort to bring Roma children back to school. In: Euraktiv. 12.10.2013. https://www.euractiv.com/section/languages-culture/news/bulgaria-makes-effort-to-bring-roma-children-back-to-school/ [link-preview url=”https://www.euractiv.com/section/languages-culture/news/bulgaria-makes-effort-to-bring-roma-children-back-to-school/”]
A Sinti camp on the outskirts of Asti will be demolished shortly. The question that arises is what to do with the inhabitants, where to re-lodge them, etc. The usual question and comments are there: Were the houses “legal” in the first place, where to move “them” and so on with the usual issues.
– Saranno abbattute 27 casette nel campo dei sinti ad Asti. In: La Stampa. 08.10.2017. http://www.lastampa.it/2017/10/08/edizioni/asti/saranno-abbattute-casette-nel-campo-dei-sinti-ad-asti-x1FJuGcbGlr9o15mg8Xw6O/pagina.html [link-preview url=”http://www.lastampa.it/2017/10/08/edizioni/asti/saranno-abbattute-casette-nel-campo-dei-sinti-ad-asti-x1FJuGcbGlr9o15mg8Xw6O/pagina.html”]
The UK Parliament decided recently to debate on “Gypsies and Travellers” in a fully generic and general fashion. Labour MP Laura Pidcock rightfully slammed the parliament for this approach.
Well done!
– Laura Pidcock slams parliament in a storming speech on racism. But only a handful of MPs turned up. [VIDEO]. In: The Canary. 11.10.2017, https://www.thecanary.co/uk/2017/10/11/laura-pidcock-slams-parliament-storming-speech-racism-handful-mps-turned-video/ [link-preview url=”https://www.thecanary.co/uk/2017/10/11/laura-pidcock-slams-parliament-storming-speech-racism-handful-mps-turned-video/”]
The UK survey on “race disparity” prompted many articles in the UK press, too many to list here on a single topic. But it raised the right questions!
– Why we should all ask ourselves: am I racist? In: The Guradian. 11.10.2017. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/11/why-we-should-all-ask-ourselves-am-i-racist
– May’s race disparity audit – our panellists give their verdict. In: The Guardian. 10.10.2017. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/10/theresa-may-race-audit-guardian-panel [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/11/why-we-should-all-ask-ourselves-am-i-racist “]
Note the date and place!
– https://www.facebook.com/AkeDikhea/videos/356761478085317/ [link-preview url=”https://www.facebook.com/AkeDikhea/videos/356761478085317/”]
An interview with Christian Klippl, president of the Austrian Roma Cultural Association in which he asks for a right for minorities to have their language taught in schools.
– Servus Szia Zdravo Del tuha. In: ORF. 08.10.2017. http://tvthek.orf.at/profile/Servus-Szia-Zdravo-Del-tuha/85512/Servus-Szia-Zdravo-Del-tuha/13948547/Kulturverein-Oesterreichischer-Roma-Fest-der-Roma-und-Freunde/14148949 [link-preview url=”http://tvthek.orf.at/profile/Servus-Szia-Zdravo-Del-tuha/85512/Servus-Szia-Zdravo-Del-tuha/13948547/Kulturverein-Oesterreichischer-Roma-Fest-der-Roma-und-Freunde/14148949″]
Two Roma families denied exit from Macedonia win a discrimination case against the country.
GOOD!
– Roma Denied Exit From Macedonia Win Discrimination Case. In: ERRC. 10.10.2017. http://www.errc.org/article/roma-denied-exit-from-macedonia-win-discrimination-case/4595 [link-preview url=”http://www.errc.org/article/roma-denied-exit-from-macedonia-win-discrimination-case/4595″]
Seems that Europe doesn’t like Travellers. This time in Germany, where German Sinti were forced to abandon one of their camping site and are now squatting at another site.
– Nach Räumung in Radolfzell: Sinti und Roma campieren in Donaueschingen. In: Südkurier. 09.10.2017. https://www.suedkurier.de/region/schwarzwald-baar-heuberg/donaueschingen/Nach-Raeumung-in-Radolfzell-Sinti-und-Roma-campieren-in-Donaueschingen;art372512,9445555 [link-preview url=”https://www.suedkurier.de/region/schwarzwald-baar-heuberg/donaueschingen/Nach-Raeumung-in-Radolfzell-Sinti-und-Roma-campieren-in-Donaueschingen;art372512,9445555″]
A new YouGov Poll shows that nearly half of the people interviewed would be unhappy if a close relative had a relation with a Traveller …
– Nearly half of British people would be ‘unhappy’ if a relative had a relationship with an Irish Traveller – new poll. In: Irish Post. 09.10.2017. http://irishpost.co.uk/nearly-half-british-people-unhappy-relative-relationship-irish-traveller-new-poll/ [link-preview url=”http://irishpost.co.uk/nearly-half-british-people-unhappy-relative-relationship-irish-traveller-new-poll/”]
A new government survey on inequality in school and workplaces shows the implicit discrimination and issues faced by minorities. Worst off, it seems are Roma and Travellers.
Bad.
– Audit lays bare racial disparities in UK schools, courts and workplaces. In: The Guardian. 09.10.2017. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/oct/09/audit-lays-bare-racial-disparities-in-uk-schools-courts-and-workplaces
– New race survey makes for ‘uncomfortable reading’, says campaigner. In: Sky News. 09.10.2017. http://news.sky.com/story/new-race-survey-makes-for-uncomfortable-reading-says-campaigner-11074373 [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/oct/09/audit-lays-bare-racial-disparities-in-uk-schools-courts-and-workplaces “]
The “Therme Bucharest”, the biggest wellness and spa complex in Romania has been fined for discriminating against Roma. Specifically they were condemned to pay RON 30’000 for discrimination against two Roma who were pulled out of the line and told to get out.
Good!
– Therme Bucharest needs to pay moral damages for Roma discrimination. In: Romania Insider. 03.10.2017. https://www.romania-insider.com/therme-bucharest-damages-discrimination/ [link-preview url=”https://www.romania-insider.com/therme-bucharest-damages-discrimination/”]
Radio editor Piotr Łoś received the Polcul Foundation Award for his work for the Polish Roma and historical journalism for the integration of local communities.
The award has been handed out by the foundation founded by Jerzy Boniecki since the 1980s. The organization promotes civic work and tolerance. Among Polkom’s distinguished guests were Bogdan Borusewicz, Maja Komorowska, Jacek Kuroń and Donald Tusk.
– Piotr Łoś z nagrodą za działalność na rzecz Romów polskich. In: RDC. 02.10.2017. http://www.rdc.pl/informacje/piotr-los-z-nagroda-za-dzialalnosc-na-rzecz-romow-polskich/ [link-preview url=”http://www.rdc.pl/informacje/piotr-los-z-nagroda-za-dzialalnosc-na-rzecz-romow-polskich/”]
The Swiss Federal Tribunal suspended the current prohibition against begging in Lausanne until it statutes on the appeal against this law.
A first step!
– Interdiction de la mendicité suspendue dans le canton de Vaud. In: Swissinfo. 03.10.2017. https://www.swissinfo.ch/fre/interdiction-de-la-mendicité-suspendue-dans-le-canton-de-vaud/43567020 [link-preview url=”https://www.swissinfo.ch/fre/interdiction-de-la-mendicité-suspendue-dans-le-canton-de-vaud/43567020″]
Another TV series, this time French about the French police. But … It showcases all stereotypes. On Roma, for example, it shows a Roma camp whose inhabitants send their children to the city to steal and to prostitute themselves… It is not better on other minorities.
In brief, a total NO G).
– ENGRENAGES : QUAND LA RÉALITÉ DÉPASSE LA FICTION. In: Boulevard Voltaire. http://www.bvoltaire.fr/engrenages-realite-depasse-fiction/ [link-preview url=”http://www.bvoltaire.fr/engrenages-realite-depasse-fiction/”]
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