This is tough... The Roma seem to be universally despised...
The German government has begun sending refugees back to Kosovo this week. The majority of the 50,000 people eventually expected to return are Albanian-speaking Gypsies known as Roma. Their deportation is controversial because human rights groups say they won't be safe in Kosovo.
while working in macedonia, i made a few friends among the roma... i was shocked and surprised to experience the depth of discrimination and outright hatred directed toward the roma in that part of the world... like any marginalized ethnic group anywhere, the roma certainly have their own problems, not the least of which is a strong and very deep disdain for what we would term "normal" lifestyles and accepted ways of earning a living, often preferring to beg...
however, my friend's description of watching his mother shot dead while attempting to cross the border from kosovo to macedonia while he took a bullet in his shoulder chilled me to the bone... Submit To Propeller
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while working in macedonia, i made a few friends among the roma... i was shocked and surprised to experience the depth of discrimination and outright hatred directed toward the roma in that part of the world... like any marginalized ethnic group anywhere, the roma certainly have their own problems, not the least of which is a strong and very deep disdain for what we would term "normal" lifestyles and accepted ways of earning a living, often preferring to beg...
however, my friend's description of watching his mother shot dead while attempting to cross the border from kosovo to macedonia while he took a bullet in his shoulder chilled me to the bone... Submit To Propeller
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5/20/2005
