Weil (2014) reports on the work of the young Rrom Joci Márton, volunteer of the foundation for informal education of Roma (UCCU, Roma Informális Oktatási Alapítvány). Márton attempts to sensitize adolescents on prejudices and challenge thought patterns by discussions in Hungarian schools. He has had to deal with insults during the short teaching sessions without taking it personally. A study on eurocentrism in Central Europe shows the link between lack of education and the responsiveness to racist concepts: “An existing relationship between the predisposition for discrimination and poverty is reported by György Csepeli, Antal Örkény, and Mária Székelyi in their 2000 study on ethnocentrism in Central Europe. It found that both those who live under socially and educationally poor conditions are more susceptible to discriminate others and that poor people are more often victims of discrimination. Times of crisis bring forth scapegoats and those who point their fingers at them.” Meanwhile, Márton pins his hopes on the integrating, bridge-building impact of education. The still existing segregated schools must finally be abolished and access of the Rroma to educational institutions steadily improved (see Budapester Zeitung 2014).

• Budapester Zeitung (2014) „Es ist schwer, heutzutage in Ungarn ein Roma zu sein“ – Interview mit Joci Márton. In: Budapester Zeitung online vom 2.1.2014. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VAFarBhE2Y
• Weil, Lisa (2014) Einer der Unbekannten. In: Budapester Zeitung online vom 9.1.2014. http://www.budapester.hu/2014/01/09/einer-der-unbekannten/