Two Romnja from Romania use theatre to fight back against discrimination and racism!
– Romania’s Roma rise up with revolutionary theatre. In: Thomson Reuters. 17.08.2017. http://news.trust.org/item/20170817110826-2loti/ [link-preview url=”http://news.trust.org/item/20170817110826-2loti/”]
Swiss travellers are increasingly alarmed at the racism and hate directed against travellers in general, such as in the case of Wileroltigen. They are asking for camping site. Unfortunately, they also insist on segregation: i.e. no Roma … Bad.
– Jenische und Sinti sind zunehmend «alarmiert». In: Der Bund. 15.08.2017. https://www.derbund.ch/bern/kanton/wileroltigen-jenische-und-sinti-alarmiert/story/22333647 [link-preview url=”https://www.derbund.ch/bern/kanton/wileroltigen-jenische-und-sinti-alarmiert/story/22333647″]
The Roma refugees of California, in Pennsylvania, seem to be doing quite well. They were the subject of many articles, many of which were full of racial stereotypes. Now it seems to have settled down thank to a few reasonable people.
Good.
– Refuge granted: Roma refugees are getting along in California, Pa. In: The Pittsburgh Post Gazette. 16.08.2017. http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017/08/16/Refuge-granted-Roma-refugees-are-getting-along-in-California-Pa/stories/201708310028 [link-preview url=”http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2017/08/16/Refuge-granted-Roma-refugees-are-getting-along-in-California-Pa/stories/201708310028″]
Italian Romnja are taking their future in their own hands and are fighting against discrimination, racism, and stereotypes.
Good!
– “Change can start from us”: Roma women in Italy fight for their rights. In: Open Democracy – 50.50. 16.08.2017. https://www.opendemocracy.net/5050/claudia-torrisi/roma-women-rights-italy [link-preview url=”https://www.opendemocracy.net/5050/claudia-torrisi/roma-women-rights-italy”]
An essay about racism against Roma in Slovakia. Forbidden to go in some swimming pools, even in public spaces, everyday racism in words and in social medias, etc.
Bad.
– Čo to tu tak smrdí? In: Nazory Pravda. 09.08.2017. https://nazory.pravda.sk/dnes-pise/clanok/437744-co-to-tu-tak-smrdi/ [link-preview url=”https://nazory.pravda.sk/dnes-pise/clanok/437744-co-to-tu-tak-smrdi/”]
Tips for social workers working with Roma… And lots of stereotypes in them.
– Tips for social workers supporting east-European Roma families. In: Community Care. 04.08.2017. http://www.communitycare.co.uk/2017/08/04/tips-social-workers-supporting-east-european-roma-families/ [link-preview url=”http://www.communitycare.co.uk/2017/08/04/tips-social-workers-supporting-east-european-roma-families/”]
The proposal to have a place for Roma travellers in the village of Wileroltigen in the Canto of Aargau, the opposition is rising. They are planning a march to show their opposition, and the racist overtones of the slogans and the stereotypes they use are not to be underestimated. The march will take place on the 14th of August.
BAD.
– Das «Hochrisikospiel» von Wileroltigen. In: Der Bund. http://www.derbund.ch/bern/kanton/das-hochrisikospiel-von-wileroltigen/story/29768361 [link-preview url=”http://www.derbund.ch/bern/kanton/das-hochrisikospiel-von-wileroltigen/story/29768361″]
Many Roma were displaced by the combats in Eastern Ukraine and are struggling to find a place elsewhere in the Ukraine, as discrimination and prejudice is ripe.
They cannot go back either – nationalism and Roma are never friends.
– Strangers in Their Own Land. In: TOL. 24.07.2017. http://www.tol.org/client/article/27072-ukraine-donbas-roma-minorities-displaced-people.html [link-preview url=”http://www.tol.org/client/article/27072-ukraine-donbas-roma-minorities-displaced-people.html”]
A Bulgarian, Petar Nizamov, is hunting refugees and Roma at the Bulgarian Turkish border. He is the president of a group called “Civic Group for the Defence of Borders, Woman, and Faith”, and has regularly been accused of violence against Roma. He is also claiming not to have any reveues but flouts expensive cars and lifestyle…
Bad.
– BULGARIE : PETAR NIZAMOV « PERATA », CHASSEUR DE ROMS ET DE RÉFUGIÉS. In: Courrier des Balkans. 22.07.2017. https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Bulgarie-Quand-les-pauvres-roulent-en-Mercedes-et-travaillent-comme-patriotes [link-preview url=”https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Bulgarie-Quand-les-pauvres-roulent-en-Mercedes-et-travaillent-comme-patriotes”]
A Serbian tour company which was offering visits of the Roma ghettos scrapped its offering after being accused of racism.
About time!!!
– Serbian Tour Company Scraps ‘Gypsy Tour’ After Racism Row. In: Balkan Insight. 17.07.2017. https://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/serbian-company-cancels-gypsy-tour-over-controversy-07-17-2017
– CitySoul stoppt “Gypsy-Tour” für Belgrad-Besucher, In: Wallstreet Online. 20.07.2017. https://www.wallstreet-online.de/nachricht/9755756-citysoul-stoppt-gypsy-tour-belgrad-besucher [link-preview url=”https://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/serbian-company-cancels-gypsy-tour-over-controversy-07-17-2017 “]
An example of a peaceful cohabitation between Roma and non-Roma in a small village in one of the poor regions of Slovakia. OK, there are stereotypes, this being Slovakia … But nevertheless, can we have more villages like this?
– Boli sme v dedine, kde Rómovia chcú pracovať. In: Aktuality. 21.07.2017. https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/505075/boli-sme-v-dedine-kde-romovia-chcu-pracovat/ [link-preview url=”https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/505075/boli-sme-v-dedine-kde-romovia-chcu-pracovat/”]
Travellers’ and Roma children are 10 times less likely than the rest to attend university. This is the result of outright discrimination at every school stage.
– Research shows Traveller pupils less likely to go to university. In: Irish World. 21.07.2017. http://www.theirishworld.com/research-shows-traveller-pupils-less-likely-go-university/ [link-preview url=”http://www.theirishworld.com/research-shows-traveller-pupils-less-likely-go-university/”]
The Macedonian actress Irena Ristic went into a racist rant against Roma after having found a hurt horse.
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Another article on the 40 or so Romanian Roma who asked for asylum in California, Pennsylvania. Not meant negatively, but full of stereotypes…
Bad
– Roma say they came to Pa. to flee persecution. In: Pittsburgh Post Gazette. 15.07.2017. http://www.post-gazette.com/local/south/2017/07/15/Roma-say-they-came-to-Pa-to-flee-persecution/stories/201707150080 [link-preview url=”http://www.post-gazette.com/local/south/2017/07/15/Roma-say-they-came-to-Pa-to-flee-persecution/stories/201707150080″]
Racism seems to be a serious issue in the UK, especially against Roma and travellers.
Shame.
– Schools need to address the last acceptable form of racism. In: School Week. 16.07.2017. http://schoolsweek.co.uk/schools-need-to-address-the-last-acceptable-form-of-racism/ [link-preview url=”http://schoolsweek.co.uk/schools-need-to-address-the-last-acceptable-form-of-racism/”]
Roma going to universities face blatant racism in the UK. In the 21st century …
BAD.
– Gypsy students face prejudice at universities. In: The Times. 08.07.2017. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/gypsy-students-face-prejudice-at-universities-smn0g5vhq [link-preview url=”https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/gypsy-students-face-prejudice-at-universities-smn0g5vhq”]
An article on the unfortunately very common racism found in schools in the UK, especially against Roma and Travellers.
BAD.
– Racism in schools isn’t just part of the grim past – it’s hiding in plain sight. In: The Guardian. 07.07.2017. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jul/07/racism-schools-bame-pupils-teachers [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jul/07/racism-schools-bame-pupils-teachers”]
More reactions to the statements of the Czech President Zeman regarding Lety.
– Anti-racism campaigners say opening of pig farm at ex-Nazi camp is a “grave offence” In: Le Journal. 30.06.2017. http://www.thejournal.ie/lety-pig-farm-roma-ex-nazi-camp-3472220-Jun2017/ [link-preview url=”http://www.thejournal.ie/lety-pig-farm-roma-ex-nazi-camp-3472220-Jun2017/”]
An article about Bulgarian Roma. The article is probably well intentioned, but by showcasing a prostitute in Germany who wires 139’000 Euros back to her home contry, contributes to perpetuate negative stereotypes.
BAD.
– A Tale of Two Roma. In: Handelsblatt Global. 01.07.2017. https://global.handelsblatt.com/politics/a-tale-of-two-roma-bulgaria-berlin-nadeschda-poverty-781586 [link-preview url=”https://global.handelsblatt.com/politics/a-tale-of-two-roma-bulgaria-berlin-nadeschda-poverty-781586″]
A reportage about the fate of the Roma who were recently evicted from a camp in the Italian city of Naples. It speaks of discrimination and of segregation.
Bad.
– ‘We should be in the same neighbourhoods as the Italians – but we’re on the outside’. In: The Independent. 13.06.2017. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/roma-gianturco-camp-settlement-naples-evicted-demolition-homeless-amnesty-european-human-rights-a7778571.html [link-preview url=”http://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/roma-gianturco-camp-settlement-naples-evicted-demolition-homeless-amnesty-european-human-rights-a7778571.html”]
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