{"id":1508,"date":"2014-06-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/%20rroma.org\/13-06-2014-rroma-in-the-czech-republic-between-self-determination-and-discrimination\/"},"modified":"2022-08-04T11:48:18","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T10:48:18","slug":"13-06-2014-rroma-in-the-czech-republic-between-self-determination-and-discrimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rroma.org\/fr\/13-06-2014-rroma-in-the-czech-republic-between-self-determination-and-discrimination\/","title":{"rendered":"13.06.2014 Rroma in the Czech Republic: between self-determination and discrimination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\">Schultheis (2014) reports \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ton the Czech-German project \u201cRoma-generation 2.0\u201d. The aim of the project is to \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tmotivate the young generation of Rroma to break out of the victim role and to \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdetermine and shape their own future as far as possible. This in spite of the \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfact that the discrimination against Rroma is still strong, and there is marginalization \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tespecially in schools and in the labour market. Around one third of Rroma \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tchildren are assigned to special schools for mentally disabled, which is \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclearly racially motivated and fighting such assignments is beyond the power of \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe Rroma alone. However, an active self-determination is an important first \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstep to overcoming exclusion and towards the abolition and prohibition of segregation. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMartina Horv\u00e1thov\u00e1, of the organizing committee of the project, explains: <em style=\"font-family: Arial;\">\u201cThe aim of this project is to talk to young \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRoma and non-Roma about what it means to be an active citizen. We want to give \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tyoung people opportunities to demonstrate how they can get involved. We Roma \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thave the right to use all opportunities of EU-membership \u2013 just like everyone \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\telse. Roma must stop to stigmatize themselves to a discriminated minority.\u201d<\/em> Magdalene Karvanov, from the Open Society Foundations, is committed to get \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRroma parents actively engaged on the educational opportunities of their \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tchildren: <em style=\"font-family: Arial;\">\u201cWe want that Roma parents \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tbecome major players themselves and fight for better educational opportunities for \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttheir children. Through our campaign, we have managed to give them greater \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tself-confidence. When we asked the parents before the campaign, what career \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthey wished for their children, they said I do not know, they will probably \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tlive on welfare. And now they say: my child should become a doctor or lawyer. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThey have higher expectations and get more active themselves.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Schultheis, Silja (2014) Roma-Generation 2.0: Vom \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tverfolgten Volk zu europ\u00e4ischen B\u00fcrgern. In: <em style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Radio Praha online<\/em> vom 12.6.2014. <a href=\"http:\/\/radio.cz\/de\/rubrik\/kaleidoskop\/roma-generation-20-vom-verfolgten-volk-zu-europaeischen-buergern\" style=\"font-family: Arial;\">http:\/\/radio.cz\/de\/rubrik\/kaleidoskop\/roma-generation-20-vom-verfolgten-volk-zu-europaeischen-buergern<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Schultheis (2014) reports on the Czech-German project \u201cRoma-generation 2.0\u201d. 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