A movie screening on Roma in Paris. Difficult to know what the movie actually says and shows, but the French have very definitive views on Roma …
Will be screened on the 17th of April.
– Les Roms des citoyens comme les autres. In: Le Courrier de l’Atlas. http://www.lecourrierdelatlas.com/agenda/les-roms-des-citoyens-comme-les-autres-11173 [link-preview url=”http://www.lecourrierdelatlas.com/agenda/les-roms-des-citoyens-comme-les-autres-11173″]
The young socialists in Szitwerland want to forbid the term “Zigeunerschnitzel” – a form of grilled meat. The controversy went further and led to discussions about a festival in Switzerland organised by the “Fahrendes Zigeuner Kulturzentrum” – a Jenische Organisation that has been organising events for the last 30 years. The action is now being extended to the use of “Zigeuner” a term which is definitively derogatory.
Not all politicians, even Green ones agree…
– Ist das Wort «Zigeuner-Schnitzel» rassistisch? In: 20 Minuten (CH). 13.04.2018. http://www.20min.ch/schweiz/news/story/daswortzigeuner-13239387 [link-preview url=”http://www.20min.ch/schweiz/news/story/daswortzigeuner-13239387″]
A reportage on a pilgrimage to Auschwitz of the grand-child of Roma who were deported there 75 years ago.
– Sinti und Roma in Auschwitz: “Das willst du gar nicht wissen”. In: Deutsche Welle. 08.04.2018. http://www.dw.com/de/sinti-und-roma-in-auschwitz-das-willst-du-gar-nicht-wissen/a-43156681 [link-preview url=”http://www.dw.com/de/sinti-und-roma-in-auschwitz-das-willst-du-gar-nicht-wissen/a-43156681″]
In spite of the small number of Roma in Finland, prejudice and stereotypes are prevalent. Roma are fighting against it.
– Roma minority asks Finns to look beyond the stereotypes. In: YLE. 08.04.2018. https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/roma_minority_asks_finns_to_look_beyond_the_stereotypes/10150192 [link-preview url=”https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/roma_minority_asks_finns_to_look_beyond_the_stereotypes/10150192″]
Even thought there are very few Roma living in Poland, they are still facing discrimination and prejudice. A very good report on their situation.
– Poland’s Roma community battles discrimination. In: Deutsche Welle. 08.04.2018. http://www.dw.com/en/polands-roma-community-battles-discrimination/a-43273328 [link-preview url=”http://www.dw.com/en/polands-roma-community-battles-discrimination/a-43273328″]
An article on the “forgotten Holocaust” and on how it has been portrayed over time.
– The genocide of the Roma – and how commemoration of this ‘forgotten Holocaust’ is shifting. In: The Conversation. 06.04.2018. http://theconversation.com/the-genocide-of-the-roma-and-how-commemoration-of-this-forgotten-holocaust-is-shifting-92771 [link-preview url=”http://theconversation.com/the-genocide-of-the-roma-and-how-commemoration-of-this-forgotten-holocaust-is-shifting-92771″]
Another piece of trash journalism – this time from the Daily Mail. A former reality star turned petty criminal. The number of stereotypes is just mind boggling.
– Gypsy Sisters star Mellie Stanley is charged over using bogus coupons scam to obtain thousands of dollars’ worth of goods from Toys R Us. In: The Daily Mail. 06.05.2018. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5585195/Mellie-Jeanette-Lee-star-reality-Gypsy-Sisters-charged-Toys-R-coupons-scam.html#ixzz5Bxs6EQ5q [link-preview url=”http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5585195/Mellie-Jeanette-Lee-star-reality-Gypsy-Sisters-charged-Toys-R-coupons-scam.html#ixzz5Bxs6EQ5q”]
An article from Pakistan – yes – on Roma in Serbia and the discriminations they face in daily life.
– For Serbia’s Roma, just getting a roof over their heads is a start. In: GEO TV. 06.04.2018. https://www.geo.tv/latest/189773-for-serbias-roma-just-getting-a-roof-over-their-heads-is-a-start [link-preview url=”https://www.geo.tv/latest/189773-for-serbias-roma-just-getting-a-roof-over-their-heads-is-a-start”]
The Festival “Welcome en Tziganie” (not the best name, really) will soon open in South Western France near Auch.
– http://www.welcome-in-tziganie.com [link-preview url=”http://www.welcome-in-tziganie.com”]
The Documentation Centre of the Sinti and Roma in Heidelberg just opened a new web portal on the history of the minority, with a focus on Holocaust and on the continuing discrimination in post-war Germany.
– Webportal dokumentiert Geschichte der Sinti und Roma. In: DlF24. 03.04.2018. http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/verfolgung-von-minderheiten-webportal-dokumentiert.2849.de.html?drn:news_id=868126 [link-preview url=”http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/verfolgung-von-minderheiten-webportal-dokumentiert.2849.de.html?drn:news_id=868126″]
The Czech State is now officially the owner of the site of the former Roma concentration camp of Lety. The pig farm is now definitively closed. Remains to be seen whether and when a commemorative monument will be erected.
– WIRD ROMA-GEDENKSTÄTTE IN LETY ENDLICH REALITÄT? In: Radio Praha. 03.04.2018. http://www.radio.cz/de/rubrik/tagesecho/wird-roma-gedenkstaette-in-lety-endlich-realitaet
– Firm transfers pig farm at site of WWII Roma camp to state. In: The Prague Daily Monitor. 04.04.2018. http://www.praguemonitor.com/2018/04/04/firm-transfers-pig-farm-site-wwii-roma-camp-state [link-preview url=”http://www.radio.cz/de/rubrik/tagesecho/wird-roma-gedenkstaette-in-lety-endlich-realitaet “]
A review of the movie “A Ciambra” of the Italian-America filmmaker Jonas Carpignano on a friendship of a young Rom with a man from Burkina Fasso in a small town in Southern Italy.
– A Ciambra ou le pénible passage à l’âge adulte. In: El Watan. 03.04.2018. http://www.elwatan.com/culture/a-ciambra-ou-le-penible-passage-a-l-age-adulte-30-03-2018-365377_113.php [link-preview url=”http://www.elwatan.com/culture/a-ciambra-ou-le-penible-passage-a-l-age-adulte-30-03-2018-365377_113.php”]
A long article on the theatre play “Giuvlipen” and on its actors in Romania. The journalists give a portrait of the actors and their engagement both for feminism and against racism.
– THÉÂTRE EN ROUMANIE : GIUVLIPEN, LA TROUPE QUI MET EN SCÈNE LE FÉMINISME ET L’ACTIVISME ROM. In: Le Corrier des Balkans. 28.03.2018. https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Theatre-en-Roumanie-Giuvlipen-la-troupe-qui-met-en-scene-le-feminisme-et-l [link-preview url=”https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/Theatre-en-Roumanie-Giuvlipen-la-troupe-qui-met-en-scene-le-feminisme-et-l”]
An editorial in a Finnish paper highlights the inherent discrimination encountered by Roma. According to the paper one Romni sent 400 application letters, and received only 4 negative answers. Another cannot graduate as he cannto find a job placement required for his diploma.
Bad…
– Thursday’s papers: Million-euro pay packets, Metro staff disquiet and Roma discrimination. In: Yle Utiset. 29.03.2018. https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/thursdays_papers_million-euro_pay_packets_metro_staff_disquiet_and_roma_discrimination/10138505
– Kun sukunimi on väärä – miltä tuntuisi, jos lapsesi ei olisi tervetullut mihinkään? In: Helsingin Sanomat. 29.03.2018. https://www.hs.fi/mielipide/art-2000005621588.html [link-preview url=”https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/thursdays_papers_million-euro_pay_packets_metro_staff_disquiet_and_roma_discrimination/10138505 “]
Another article on the photography exhibition in Paris called “Mondes Tsiganes – La Fabrique des Images” in the museum for migration.The exhibition aims at showing how stereotypes were created via photography.
BUT: The name “Tsigane” as well as the place “Immigration” museum are not the right ones. And the Press now speaks of “Travellers”…
– Les gens du voyage sous l’œil des photographes. In: RFI. 28.03.2018. http://www.rfi.fr/emission/20180328-gens-voyage-sous-oeil-photographes [link-preview url=”http://www.rfi.fr/emission/20180328-gens-voyage-sous-oeil-photographes”]
A park in the city of Brno was named after Eugen “Jank” Horvath, a Roma folk musician.
– V Brně pojmenovali park po romském primáši Eugenu Horváthovi, podařilo se to napodruhé. In: Romea. 28.03.2018. http://www.romea.cz/cz/zpravodajstvi/domaci/v-brne-pojmenovali-park-po-romskem-primasi-eugenu-horvathovi-podarilo-se-to-napodruhe
– Park in Brno City named after Roma musician. In: The Prague Daily Monitor. 28.03.2018. http://praguemonitor.com/2018/03/28/park-brno-city-named-after-roma-musician [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/cz/zpravodajstvi/domaci/v-brne-pojmenovali-park-po-romskem-primasi-eugenu-horvathovi-podarilo-se-to-napodruhe “]
Numbers speak by themselves; A survey in Poland done between 2015 and 2016 and recently published shows that in Poland, 30% of Poles do not want Roma to be citizen, 38% do not want them as neighbours, and 49% do not want them as family members …
No comments.
– Most Poles accept Jews as fellow citizens and neighbors, but a minority do not. In: Pew Research Centre. 28.03.2018. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/03/28/most-poles-accept-jews-as-fellow-citizens-and-neighbors-but-a-minority-do-not/ [link-preview url=”http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/03/28/most-poles-accept-jews-as-fellow-citizens-and-neighbors-but-a-minority-do-not/”]
A commemoration of the life of Nazif Mujić who won a prize at the Berlin Film festival and died recently in utter poverty and a reflection on the current situation of Roma in the Balkans.
– Roma in the Balkans: the story of Nazif. In: Ossevatore Balcanico e Caucaso. 27.03.2018. https://www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Areas/Bosnia-Herzegovina/Roma-in-the-Balkans-the-story-of-Nazif-186885 [link-preview url=”https://www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Areas/Bosnia-Herzegovina/Roma-in-the-Balkans-the-story-of-Nazif-186885″]
Antiziganism is still unknown to many people in Germany, in contrast to anti-Semitism. Ruhan Karakul, the counsellor of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma in Heidelberg, wants to counteract this. The lawyer of Turkish roots was a guest at the “Haus der Begegnung” on Friday afternoon, where she was welcomed as speaker by Ahment Sezer during the International Week Against Racism.
– Rassismus ist allgegenwärtig. In: Westphalische Nachrichten. 26.03.2018. http://www.wn.de/Muensterland/Kreis-Borken/Gronau/3232749-Justiziarin-des-Zentralrats-der-Sinti-und-Roma-zu-Gast-in-Gronau-Rassismus-ist-allgegenwaertig [link-preview url=”http://www.wn.de/Muensterland/Kreis-Borken/Gronau/3232749-Justiziarin-des-Zentralrats-der-Sinti-und-Roma-zu-Gast-in-Gronau-Rassismus-ist-allgegenwaertig”]
An article about 300 moves that have been commissioned to give a snapshot of the views of the 16-24 years old in the UK. One of those movie was done by a Romni.
– How a hedgehog gives a glimpse into Romany Gypsy life. In: BBC News. 23.03.2018. http://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-43514575 [link-preview url=”http://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-43514575″]
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