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The UK's 'Last Acceptable Form of Racism' Isn't Going Away
Schools need to do more to combat the bullying of kids from Gypsy, Roma and Traveller families.
The Tory War on Roma, Gypsies and Travellers
Gypsies, Roma and Travellers already experience the worst health and education status of any disadvantaged group in England. Now, the government is trying to define them out of existence with changes to housing legislation.
What I Learned After Moving from New York to the UK to Marry a Gypsy
It quickly became clear to me how much racial prejudice Gypsies and travelers are forced to endure in Britain.
Bucharest's Drug-Addicted Roma Are Being Left to Rot
Romania's most oppressed ethnic group is suffering from a drug-fueled HIV epidemic, and nobody gives a damn.
What I Learned Pretending to Be Working-Class at School
I was a posh Norwegian class tourist in the English seaside town where I grew up.
Cooking the Romani Gypsy Way Is Better Than Fancy Modern Kitchens
I would give up all the modern equipment in a contemporary kitchen for a couple of green sticks, a good fire, and a brace of locally caught rabbits, or “sho shoi” as they are called in Romani.
The New Roma Ghettos
In the last two years, as the Eurozone crisis worsens, Slovakia seems to be scapegoating its precarious minority of Roma—the ethnic group better known as Gypsies. Racist violence, evictions, threats, and more subtle forms of discrimination and...
Gypsy Child Snatchers! (Aren't Coming for Your Kids)
Despite what tabloid hysteria might have you believe, the child in Greece everyone thought had been kidnapped by Roma actually is Roma. Her parents are from Bulgaria, and her mother gave her away because she was too poor to raise her.
Prayers, Pilgrims, and Parties
Every May gypsies from all over the world descend on the small French costal town of Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer to take part in a huge gypsy pilgrimage, the event is part religious event, part tourist phenomenon.
Why Are So Many Gypsies Killing Themselves?
A recent report shows that travelers and gypsies are in significantly poorer health than other UK-resident, English-speaking ethnic minorities. They're also more likely to suffer from miscarriages and still births, and suicide rates among gypsies have...
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