Anne TootillHatred of the Roma people in Italy reaches new heights
July 21st 2008 00:27
When I was young, my mother always wanted me to understand the Haulocst and what happened to the Jewish people. We were told that it was up to us to make sure nothing like that ever happened again.
But when I look at Italy lately I get worried, is this another ethnic cleansing?
The bodies of two drowned Roma children lie covered by towels on an Italian beach while holidaymakers carry on unfazed enjoying the sun. They were among four Roma children who had gone onto the beach to beg.
Cristina Ibramovitc, 12, and Viola Ibramovitc, 11, were left on the sand for an hour among 'indifferent' holidaymakers after being caught in rough seas.
Their death highlighted Italy's dramatic problem with Roma gypsy youngsters.
Last month Italian interior minister Roberto Maroni announced controversial plans for fingerprints to be taken from all Roma children, a move widely condemned.
Minister Maroni said the plan would cut down on parents who sent their children onto the streets to beg instead of sending them to school.
They are not welcome anywhere so what do we do with them?
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That incident set Naples off, it erupted in fury, with local women leading the marches on the Roma camps to the chant of “Fuori, fuori [Out, out]” and “go home, dirty child stealers”. Night after night young men — allegedly acting on the orders of powerful local clans of the Camorra, the Naples Mafia — set the sites ablaze. Blocking attempts by the fire brigade to put out the fires, the women shouting "You put these fires out and we will start them again".
It seems they don't work and steal anything that's not nailed down. Parents also send their children out every day to beg in the streets instead of attending school. No country wants them and who can blame them?
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You are kidding right? You can't say that!
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Even in the United States, the Bible Belt no less, a Pentacostal Roma Church can't escape harrassment, not to mention all the money, time and heartbreak it invested of precious parishioners money.
They get it wherever they seem to go, and in the FL case, this was beyond my belief that it'd happen here and the Bible belt. Had they been real WASPs, or Souther Baptists with American-sounding names: different story altogether. And I'm not even Protestant. I'm Catholic. But a raw deal is a raw deal.
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They don't beg because they are poor but rather for extra money. Many times I passed the gypsy camps to see healthy people running with crutches so they can put on their dramatics that foreign tourists fall for.
Don't blame the Italian government from wanting to stop these criminals who are also prostitutes from destroying their culture and city.
As far as the dead children on the beach, what's the REAL story? Many Italians cover themselves from the sun on the beach, so these drowned victims appeared like sleeping beach people.
If they are not welcommed anywhere, invite them into your home, and enjoy!
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I now know that the gypsies are hated all over the world but don't pretend to know the reason why. I just think it's sad.
You sound very angry Signals.
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I hear in Europe no one will employ them, therein lies the probably cause.
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