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Anti-Romani sentiment (also called antigypsyism, anti-Romanyism, antiziganism, ziganophobia, or Romaphobia) is an ideology which consists of hostility, prejudice, discrimination, racism and xenophobia which is specifically directed at Romani people (Roma, Sinti, Iberian Kale, Welsh Kale, Finnish Kale, Horahane Roma, and Romanichal).
These people declare themselves on census forms as ethnic Vlachs and their number is about 40,000. Nevertheless, older Serbian censuses counted up to 200,000 Romanians in present-day Central Serbia (the 1895-census counted 159,510 Romanians, the 1921-census counted 150,098 Romanians, the 1953-census counted 198,793 "Vlach" (Romanian) speakers).
Racism in Romania is directed against various minority groups, prominently Romani people, but there are also problems with antisemitism and other forms of discrimination.In particular, World War II and the subsequent era of communist rule both established hatred and xenophobic feelings which still influence contemporary Romanian discourse.
On 5 September, the Roma Democratic Party, announced that it would be running in the 2013 Czech parliamentary election. [62] On 6 September, Roma activists requested more protection against attacks from extremists protesters. [63] On 26 September, an Anti-Roma rally took place in České Budějovice along Lannová třída and Na Sadech street. [33]
Romani people remain to be one of the most discriminated groups in Bulgaria. In 2023, Arso Ganev went to a public pool in Kyustendil, Bulgaria with his family. They were rejected due to being Roma. This is not the only case where Romani people are discriminated against in public pools in Bulgaria. [15]
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The slur is derived from a similarly once-ubiquitous name for the Romani, or Roma, people. In a video […] Whoopi Goldberg Apologizes For Use Of Derogatory Word Derived From Pejorative Term For ...
The Romani Holocaust [6] was the genocide of European Roma and Sinti people during World War II. [7] Beginning in 1933 , Nazi Germany systematically persecuted the European Roma , Sinti and other peoples pejoratively labeled ' Gypsy ' through forcible internment and compulsory sterilization .