- Funky Romania. In: WNYC. 15.04.2016. http://www.wnyc.org/story/3854-funky-romania/
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Tag Archives: Rroma
Discrimination in Bulgaria
The US is naming the marginalization of Rroma in Bulgaria as that country’s biggest Human Right problem.
Let’s hope this has some impact!
- US Names Roma Marginalization as Bulgaria’s Biggest Human Rights Problem. In: Novinite. 14.04.2016. http://www.novinite.com/articles/174021/US+Names+Roma+Marginalization+as+Bulgaria’s+Biggest+Human+Rights+Problem#sthash.DIDSokr3.dpuf
Le Pen: No Shame!!!
Right after having been condemned for racism, Jean-Maire Le Pen finds nothing better than celebrate with the French magazine “Rivarol” amongst a full set of true extremists making really racist comments.
Unfortunately, this cannot be condemned…
- Les images ahurissantes du banquet de Rivarol avec Jean-Marie Le Pen tournées par “Le Petit Journal” In: Huffington Post France. 12.04.2016. http://www.huffingtonpost.fr/2016/04/12/rivarol-banquet-petit-journal-video-jean-marie-le-pen_n_9669044.html?ncid=fcbklnkfrhpmg00000001
Jasenovac
The celebration of the commemoration of the evasion of more than 600 inmates of the notorious Croatian Deacth Camps Jacenovac were boycotted by Jewish organizations. Jews and Rroma were murdered in this camp by local Croatian Ustasha during World War Two. In Croatia, only ca. 20 (really!) Families survived the War.
The reason for the Boycott: The tendency to re-habilitate several Croatian key figures who contributed to these crimes.
- Chaque année est célébrée à Jasenovac une tentative d’évasion en avril 1945 de quelque 600 détenus de ce camp. In: i24 News. 04.04.2016. http://www.i24news.tv/fr/actu/international/europe/108559-160404-les-juifs-croates-boycottent-une-commemoration-a-jasenovac
Rroma Pictures
Another series of pictures which, aside from their esthetical aspect, perpetuates the usual stereotypes about Rroma. How about making a series of pictures on French exclusively showing poor drunken French homeless?
- Jean-Fraçois Joly. Sur la Route des Roms. In: Libération. http://next.liberation.fr/arts/2016/04/08/jean-francois-joly-sur-la-route-des-roms_1444388
French Chronicle …
In spite of some positive coverage due to the international Rroma day, this week’s French chronicle is not particularly nice. First, an intervention of the police in a Rroma camp near the prison of Loos in the North of France, an attempt to remove the Rroma from this camp; in the North, two families are expulsed; toilets are awaited in a camp near la Rochelle in the West of France; a new camping spot for travelers is installed near Paris in the bois de Vioncennes; near Paris, the arrival of Rroma is problematic; the Seine’s banks are being cleaned near a former Rroma camp; and news about a gang of thieves who stole tools near Dijon.
On a more positive note, a French Radio broadcasted for a day from a Rroma ghetto in Paris; and a positive action in the North of France!
- Opération de Police au camp Rom de la prison de Loos: un élu interpellé. In: Nord Actu. 06.04.2016. http://www.nordactu.fr/6480/societe/operation-de-police-au-camp-de-rom-de-la-prison-de-loos-un-elu-interpelle/
- Opération de police ce mercredi pour réduire le camp rom de la prison de Loos, un élu en garde à vue. In: La Voix du Nord. 06.04.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/operation-de-police-ce-mercredi-pour-reduire-le-camp-rom-ia21b49767n3431186
- Loos : «La police considère mon vélo comme une arme par destination». In: La Voix du Nord. 08.04.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/loos-la-police-considere-mon-velo-comme-une-arme-par-ia21b49767n3436254
- Faches-Thumesnil: deux familles roms expulses. In: La Voix du Nord. 06.04.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/faches-thumesnil-deux-familles-roms-expulsees-ia28b50428n3431999
- La Rochelle : des sanitaires attendus pour les familles roms. In: Sud Ouest. 04.04.2016. http://www.sudouest.fr/2016/04/04/des-sanitaires-attendus-pour-les-familles-roms-2320164-1238.php
- Une aire d’accueil pour gens du voyage à l’automne dans le Bois de Vincennes. In: L’Obs. 04.04.2016. http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/societe/20160404.AFP2058/une-aire-d-accueil-pour-gens-du-voyage-a-l-automne-dans-le-bois-de-vincennes.html
- Annet-sur-Marne : L’arrivée de Roms sème le trouble. In: Le Parisien. 09.04.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75/paris-75006/annet-sur-marne-l-arrivee-de-roms-seme-le-trouble-09-04-2016-5700879.php
- Nouveau nettoyage des berges de Seine à Athis-Mons. In: Le Parisien. 08.04.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/athis-mons-91200/nouveau-nettoyage-des-berges-de-seine-a-athis-mons-08-04-2016-5697721.php
- Le « gang des outils » avait fait 150 cambriolages. In: Le Bien Public. 06.04.2016. http://www.bienpublic.com/cote-d-or/2016/04/06/le-gang-des-outils-avait-fait-150-cambriolages
- Paris : une émission de radio pour changer le regard sur les Roms. In: Le Parisien. 06.04.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75/paris-une-emission-de-radio-pour-changer-le-regard-sur-les-roms-06-04-2016-5691499.php
- #Marseille : Latcho Divano, festival engagé entré en résistance. In: La Marseillaise. 09.04.2016. http://www.lamarseillaise.fr/marseille/societe/47736-latcho-divano-festival-engage-entre-en-resistance
- Roms : la bonne parole souffle dans le Nord. In: Amnesty International. 07.04.2016. http://www.amnesty.fr/Nos-campagnes/Lutte-contre-les-discriminations/Dossiers/Roms-la-bonne-parole-souffle-dans-le-Nord-18091
International Rroma Day: French Coverage
A few articles and calls for action in France in the context of the International Rroma Day.
- – Journée internationale des Roms : un combat pour les droits. In: Amnesty International. 08.04.2016. http://www.amnesty.fr/Nos-campagnes/Lutte-contre-les-discriminations/Actualites/Journee-internationale-des-Roms-un-combat-pour-les-droits-18097
- – Journée internationale des Roms : Roms, Tsiganes, Manouches… Définitions. In: linternaute.com. 08.04.2016. http://www.linternaute.com/actualite/societe/1293041-journee-internationale-des-roms-roms-tsiganes-manouches-definitions/
- – Le message des églises européennes pour la Journée des Roms. In: CRIF. 08.04.2016. http://www.crif.org/fr/actualites/le-message-des-églises-européennes-pour-la-journée-des-roms/60317
Beggars in Lausanne
A reportage from the Swiss television on a Rroma beggar. Nice in itself, i.e. in the portrait of that particular person, bad in that it reinforces the stereotypes – All Rroma are poor and are beggars.
- Tupi, Rom à Lausanne: “Je déteste faire la manche”. In: RTS.ch. 08.04.2016. http://www.rts.ch/info/suisse/7564163-tupi-rom-a-lausanne-je-deteste-faire-la-manche-.html
Budapest – Stereotypes and Rromnja
Rroma women in Budapest are cooking against discrimination and stereotypes! A new restaurant in Budapest serves traditional Rroma food.
A good Idea, and a nice article for a change.
- Budapester Roma-Frauen schmeissen Vorurteile einfach in ihre Kochtöpfe. In: Tages Woche. 08.04.2016. http://www.tageswoche.ch/de/2016_15/international/716236/budapester-roma-frauen-schmeissen-vorurteile-einfach-in-ihre-kochtoepfe.htm
Stolpersteine
An article about these little stones that commemorate victims of the Holocaust in several countries (there are by now 48’000 of these). The sculptor Gunter Demnig had the idea on the 50th anniversary of Himmler’s edict on the deportation of Roma and Sinti. Strangely enough, Minich still bans these stones …
- Footprints of the past. In: Jewish Chronicle. 03.04.2016. http://www.thejc.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-features/155809/footprints-past
Rroma School in Germany
A report of a project and school in Cologne – Amaro Kher [Our House]. This school prepares young Rroma and Sinti to the regular school where, unfortunately they are often victims of prejudices and stereotypes.
- Roma-Schule Amaro Kher: Kinder stark machen fürs Leben. In: Vorwärts. 31.03.2016. http://www.vorwaerts.de/artikel/roma-schule-amaro-kher-kinder-stark-fuers-leben
French Chronicle …
This week, French news are not dominated by the closure of camps or petty criminality … Main news are the fight against discrimination and racism. This is much better!
News on an exhibition in Roubaix, in the North on racism; “living books” aka story tellers in Lille; 200 people manifesting against the expulsions in Lille; and a portrait of an activist in Marseilles.
Expulsions are also in the press: Near Paris where 600 people were expulsed; and in the North where a camp awaits the verdict of the courts on its eviction.
Then, there is crime … With the collaboration of the French and Romanian police (bad, as the latter are really racist); and with arrests for theft among Rroma.
- Roubaix : une exposition pour déconstruire les préjugés racists. In: La Voix du Nord. 29.03.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/roubaix-une-exposition-pour-deconstruire-les-prejuges-ia24b58797n3415472
- Discriminations : « L’ille de la diversité » invite les Lillois à emprunter des livres vivants. In: Saphir News. 01.04.2016. http://www.saphirnews.com/Discriminations-L-ille-de-la-diversite-invite-les-Lillois-a-emprunter-des-livres-vivants_a22199.html
- À la bibliothèque Jean-Levy de Lille : des tranches de vie à livre ouvert contre les discriminations. In: La Voix du Nord. 02.04.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/a-la-bibliotheque-jean-levy-de-lille-des-tranches-de-ia19b0n3423858
- Lille : 200 opposants aux expulsions demandent du temps pour les familles. In: La Voix du Nord. 02.04.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/lille-200-opposants-aux-expulsions-demandent-du-temps-ia19b0n3423545
- L’âme vagabonde d’Emilia, amoureuse de la cause Roms. In: La Marseillaise. 29.03.2016. http://www.lamarseillaise.fr/marseille/societe/47257-l-ame-vagabonde-d-emilia-amoureuse-de-la-cause-roms
- Les derniers des 600 Roms ont évacué le camp géant. In: Le Parisien. 01.04.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/espace-premium/seine-et-marne-77/les-derniers-des-600-roms-ont-evacue-le-camp-geant-01-04-2016-5676097.php
- Roubaix: les Roms des couteaux seront fixés le 4 mai. In: Nord Éclair. 31.03.2016. http://www.nordeclair.fr/info-locale/roubaix-les-roms-des-couteaux-seront-fixes-le-4-mai-ia50b12891n1082511
- Les polices françaises et roumaines unies contre la délinquance. In: Le Parisien. 29.03.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/informations/les-polices-francaises-et-roumaines-unies-contre-la-delinquance-29-03-2016-5669929.php
- Vols sur personnes vulnérables : coup de filet chez les Roms. In: Ouest France. 30.03.2016. http://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagne/rennes-35000/rennes-vols-sur-personnes-vulnerables-coup-de-filet-chez-les-roms-4131080
Papusza – the Movie
A review of the movie on Papusza, the Polish Rromni poetess whose life ended tragically.
- Papusza review – striking portrait of a Polish-Roma poet. In: The Guardian. 31.03.2016. http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/mar/31/papusza-review-striking-portrait-of-a-polish-roma-poet
I am a Rromni
Interesting … News in Romanian about a series of cultural events on European Roma art. The whole thing taking place in Vienna, Austria. There will be film screenings, exhibitions, concerts, theatrical performances which will show the public a picture of what it means to be Roma and specifically a Rromni. It also mentions – a first – invisible Rroma, i.e. integrated Rroma. There is progress J
- Me som romni! – Arta si cultura roma europeana. In: Hot News Romania. 30.03.2016. http://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-cultura-20903194-som-romni-arta-cultura-roma-europeana.htm
Integration …
An article on the successful integration of a young Rromni in France. Nice, were it not for the usual stereotypes that are conveyed in the article…
- Romica, l’histoire de l’intégration réussie d’une jeune Rom. In: Femme Actuelle. 29.03.2016. http://www.femmeactuelle.fr/actu/dossiers-d-actualite/romica-l-histoire-de-l-integration-reussie-d-une-jeune-rom-28684
Remembering!
The city of Marburg in Germany remembered deported Sinti. The city’s mayor also expressed regrets at the current discrimination levels against Sinti and Rroma in Germany.
- Gedenkveranstaltung zur Deportation Marburger Sinti – Oberbürgermeister beklagt aktuelle Diskriminierungen. In: Das Marburger. 28.03.2016. http://www.das-marburger.de/2016/03/gedenkveranstaltung-zur-deportation-marburger-sinti-oberbuergermeister-beklagt-aktuelle-diskriminierungen/
Outrageous !
An outrageous article in the British Sun tabloid (and also in the Express). Shows the low level of journalism, all the prejudices and stereotypes. It is also clearly serving a political purpose, namely EU exit… So by depicting Rroma as thieves and raiding social security one drives people towards Brexit …
SHAME and BAD!
- Exiting EU may be the only way Britain can dump gypsy gangsters building lavish mansions with YOUR cash. In: The Sun. 29.03.2016. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/7033413/Exiting-EU-may-be-the-only-way-Britain-can-dump-gypsy-gangsters.html
- REVEALED: How YOU pay for Roma gypsy palaces – UK benefits funding Romanian mansions. In: The Express. 30.03.2016. https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/656553/Roma-gypsy-palaces-quit-EU-benefits-Brexit
Swiss travelers don’t want to be thrown into the same pot as foreign Rroma and Sinti (note that Rroma are always foreign here).
Too bad the press plays along.
- Les Yéniches reviendront au parc des Rives cet été en organisant un festival. In: 24 Heures. 22.03.2016. http://www.24heures.ch/vaud-regions/nord-vaudois-broye/yeniches-reviendront-parc-rives-organisant-festival/story/24597520
Garbage …
A story of Rroma “selling” their daughter to another family in Spain. In fact, a tradition of arranged marriages found among Vlax (originally Romanian Rroma) dating back to slavery. You had to pay the owner of the girl to have her go with the husbands family.
BAD … Usual stereotypes without any thoughts.
- Couple tries to sell daughter for Whisky. In: The Dink Business. 24.03.2016. http://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2016/03/couple-tries-to-sell-daughter-for-whisky/
Festival in France; Latcho Divano
A festival is taking place right now in the South of France in Marseilles…
- La route des Roms. In: Marsactu. 25.03.2016. https://marsactu.fr/agora/bons-plans/la-route-des-roms/
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