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Antiziganism (,æn taɪ 'zig ən ɪzm) or Anti-Romanyism is hostility, prejudice or racism directed at the Romani people, commonly called Gypsies. Manifestations Slavery Racial profiling Lynching Hate speech Hate crime Genocide (examples) Ethnocide Ethnic cleansing Pogrom Race war Religious persecution Gay bashing Blood libel Paternalism Police brutality Movements Policies Discriminatory Race / Religion / Sex segregation Apartheid Redlining Internment Anti-discriminatory Emancipation Civil rights Desegregation Integration Equal opportunity Counter-discriminatory Affirmative action Racial... Manifestations Slavery Racial profiling Lynching Hate speech Hate crime Genocide (examples) Ethnocide Ethnic cleansing Pogrom Race war Religious persecution Gay bashing Blood libel Paternalism Police brutality Movements Policies Discriminatory Race / Religion / Sex segregation Apartheid Redlining Internment Anti-discriminatory Emancipation Civil rights Desegregation Integration Equal opportunity Counter-discriminatory Affirmative action Racial... Languages Romani, languages of native region Religions Christianity, Islam Related ethnic groups South Asians (Desi) The Romani people (as a noun, singular Rom, plural Roma; sometimes Rrom, Rroma) or Romanies are an ethnic group living in many communities all over the world. ...


The root zigan is the basis of the word for the Romani people in many European languages. In most of those languages, the pronunciation is similar to the Hungarian cigány (pronounced IPA /ˈʦiɡaːɲ/). The Roma — who have often been stereotyped as thieves, tramps, con men and fortune tellers — have been subject to various forms of discrimination throughout history. Languages Romani, languages of native region Religions Christianity, Islam Related ethnic groups South Asians (Desi) The Romani people (as a noun, singular Rom, plural Roma; sometimes Rrom, Rroma) or Romanies are an ethnic group living in many communities all over the world. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... Articles with similar titles include the NATO phonetic alphabet, which has also informally been called the “International Phonetic Alphabet”. For information on how to read IPA transcriptions of English words, see IPA chart for English. ... For other uses, see Stereotype (disambiguation). ... A young waif steals a pair of boots “Stealing” redirects here. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Confidence Man redirects here. ... For prophecy in the context of revealed religions see Prophet. ...


Due in part to their semi-nomadic lifestyle and differences in language and culture, there has been a great deal of mutual distrust between the Roma and the more settled indigenous inhabitants of the areas to which the Roma migrated. This distrust has persisted even though Roma who migrated into Europe often converted to Christianity, and those who arrived in the Middle East became Muslims. For the 2006 historical epic set in Kazakhstan, see Nomad (2006 film). ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations · Other religions Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Catholic Pope Coptic Pope · Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box:      Christianity is... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... There is also a collection of Hadith called Sahih Muslim A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Persian: Mosalman or Mosalmon Urdu: مسلمان, Turkish: Müslüman, Albanian: Mysliman, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of the religion of Islam. ...

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History of Antiziganism

In the Middle Ages

In the early 13th century Byzantine records, the Atsínganoi are mentioned as "wizards... who are inspired satanically and pretend to predict the unknown."[1] By the 16th century, many Gypsies in Eastern and Central Europe worked as musicians, metal craftsmen, and soldiers.[2] As the Ottoman Turks expanded into the territory of modern Bulgaria, they relegated Gypsies, seen as having "no visible permanent professional affiliation", to the lowest rung of the social ladder.[3] In Royal Hungary (present-day Slovakia), strong anti-Gypsy policies emerged since they were increasingly seen as Turkish spies or as a fifth column. In this atmosphere, they were expelled from many locations and increasingly adopted a nomadic way of life.[4] The first anti-Gypsy legislation was issued in Moravia in 1538, and three years later, Ferdinand I ordered that Gypsies in his realm be expelled after a series of fires in Prague. Seven years later, the Diet at Augsburg declared that "whosoever kills a Gypsy, will be guilty of no murder."[5] In 1556, the government stepped in to "forbid the drowning of Roma women and children."[6] Byzantine redirects here. ... Ottoman redirects here. ... Consequences of the Battle of Mohács, and the conquest of Buda in 1541 by the Ottomans: the Kingdom is partitioned. ... A fifth column is a group of people which clandestinely undermines a larger group to which it is expected to be loyal, such as a nation. ... Flag of Moravia Moravia (Czech and Slovak: Morava; German: ; Hungarian: ; Polish: ) is a historical region in the east of the Czech RepublicCzechia. ... Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (March 10, 1503 - July 27, 1564) was one of the Habsburg emperors that at various periods during his life ruled over Austria, Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary. ... For other meanings for Augsburg: See Augsburg (disambiguation) , Augsburg is a city in south-central Germany. ...


In England, the Egyptians Act 1530 banned Roma from entering the country and required those living in the country to leave within 16 days. Failure to do so could result in confiscation of property, imprisonment and deportation. The act was amended with the Egyptians Act 1554, which removed the threat of punishment to Roma if they abandoned their "naughty, idle and ungodly life and company" and adopted a settled lifestyle. However, for those who failed to adhere to a sedentary existence, the punishment was upped to execution. The Egyptians Act 1530 (short title ) was an Act passed by the Parliament of England in 1531 to expel the outlandish people calling themselves Egyptians, meaning gypsies. ...


18th century

In 1710, Joseph I issued the edict against the Gypsies, ordering "that all adult males were to be hanged without trial, whereas women and young males were to be flogged and banished forever." In addition, they were to have their right ears cut off in the kingdom of Bohemia, in the country of Mähren (Moravia) on the contrary the left ear." In other parts of Austria they would be branded on the back with a branding iron, representing the gallows. These mutilations enabled authorities to identify them as Gypsies on their second arrest. The edict encouraged local officials to hunt down Roma in their areas by levying a fine of 100 Reichsthaler for those failing to do so. Anyone who helped Gypsies was to be punished by doing a half-year's forced labor. The result was "mass killings" of Roma. In 1721, Charles VI amended the decree to include the execution of adult female Roma, while children were "to be put in hospitals for education."[7] In 1774, Maria Theresa of Austria issued an edict forbidding marriages between Gypsies. When a Romani woman married a non-Gypsy, she had to produce proof of industrious household service and familiarity with Catholic tenets", a male Rom "had to prove ability to support a wife and children", and "Gypsy children over the age of five were to be taken away and brought up in non-Gypsy families."[8] Joseph I. Joseph I (July 26, 1678 – April 17, 1711), Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary and Bohemia, Archduke of Austria, was the elder son of the emperor Leopold I and his third wife, Eleanora, Countess Palatine, daughter of Philip William of Neuburg, Elector Palatine. ... Bohemia, Moravia, Austrian Silesia - 1892, then part of Austria_Hungary The Czech lands (in Czech: České země) or Czechia (in Czech: Česko) is an auxiliary term used for Bohemia + Moravia + Czech part of Silesia + other territories that were parts of the Kingdom of Bohemia (Lands of the Bohemian... Branding irons Livestock branding in the American west has evolved into a complex marking system still in use today. ... These gallows in Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park are maintained by Arizona State Parks. ... The Reichsthaler began as a subsidiary denomination to the Conventionsthaler, introduced in the Holy Roman Empire in 1754. ... Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI Charles VI, (German Karl VI; in full Karl Josef Franz)Holy Roman Emperor (October 1, 1685 – October 20, 1740) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1711 to 1740 and the second son of Leopold I with his third wife, Eleonore-Magdalena of Pfalz-Neuburg. ... Not to be confused with Maria Theresa of Austria (1816-1867). ...


A panel was established in 2007 by the Romanian government to study the use of Roma as slaves for Princes, local landowners and Orthodox Monasteries in the 1700s and 1800s. Slavery of the Roma was outlawed in Romania around 1856.[9] Buddhist monastery near Tibet A monastery is the habitation of monks. ...


Porajmos

Main article: Porajmos

Persecution of Roma reached a peak during World War II in the Porajmos, the Nazi genocide of Roma during the Holocaust. Because the Romani communities of Eastern Europe were less organized than the Jewish communities, it is more difficult to assess the actual number of victims though the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Research Institute in Washington puts the number of Romani lives lost by 1945 at between a half and one and a half million. The ethnic studies professor Ward Churchill has argued that the Roma population suffered proportionally more genocide than the Jewish population of Europe and that their plight has largely been sidelined by scholars and the media.[10] The extermination of Roma in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was so thorough that the Bohemian Romani language became a dead language. Roma arrivals in the Belzec extermination camp await instructions The Porajmos (also Porrajmos) literally Devouring, or Samudaripen (Mass killing) is a term coined by the Roma (Gypsy) people to describe attempts by the Nazi regime to exterminate most of the Roma peoples of Europe during The Holocaust. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... For other uses, see Holocaust (disambiguation) and Shoah (disambiguation). ... Ward LeRoy Churchill (born October 2, 1947) is an American writer and political activist. ... For other uses, see Genocide (disambiguation). ... Flag of Bohemia Bohemia (Czech: ; German: ) is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western and middle thirds of the Czech Republic. ... Flag of Moravia Moravia (Czech and Slovak: Morava; German: ; Hungarian: ; Polish: ) is a historical region in the east of the Czech RepublicCzechia. ...


Modern Antiziganism

Evidencing Antiziganism in Russia: the service regulations of IKEA Yekaterinburg

Немедленно удаляются с территории торгового центра службой безопасности лица на скейтбордах, роликовых коньках, велосипедах, а также цыгане, лица без определенного места жительства, попрошайки, распространители листовок, хулиганы, различные неформальные компании

Map of countries with IKEA stores. ... Snow-covered statue of Sverdlov in Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburgs Church on the Blood built on the spot where the Tsar and his family were executed. ...

Skateboarders, rollerskaters, cyclists, as well as Gypsies, hobos, beggars, spreaders {of leaflets}, hooligans and informal groups will be removed from the territory immediately[11]

Antizigan discrimination has continued in the 2000s, particularly in the Balkans, in areas such as Bulgaria, Romania and Slovakia.[12] Roma are often confined to low-class ghettos, are subject to discrimination in jobs and schools, and are often subject to police brutality. In Bulgaria, professor Ognian Saparev has written articles stating that 'Gypsies' should be confined to ghettoes because they do not assimilate, are culturally inclined towards theft, have no desire to work, and use their minority status to 'blackmail' the majority.[13]. This was a reaction to the murder of his colleague professor Stanimir Kaloyanov who was beaten to death by a Roma group while he was celebrating his son's prom in Sofia in May 2005 [14]. A standard skateboard An old-school skateboard A skateboard is a four wheeled platform used for the activity of skateboarding. ... Roller skating girl in Rome, Italy (soul grind) Roller skating is travelling on smooth terrain with roller skates. ... A cyclist is a person who engages in cycling whether as a sport or rides a bicycle for recreation or transportation. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Beggars in Samarkand, 1905 Begging includes the various methods used by persons to obtain money, food, shelter, or other necessities from people they encounter during the course of their travels. ... A spreader could be: Railroad maintenance of way equipment designed to spread or shape ballast profiles along the right of way of a railroad track – see Spreader (railroad) A tool used by emergency crews in vehicle extrication – see Hydraulic spreader An attachment to a sailboats mast that changes the... Ultras at FC Twente - SC Heerenveen in 2002 Hooliganism is unruly and destructive behaviour, usually by gangs of young people. ... Balkan redirects here. ... The name ghetto refers to an area where people from a given ethnic background or united in a given culture or religion live as a group, voluntarily or involuntarily, in milder or stricter seclusion. ... Cultural assimilation (often called merely assimilation) is an intense process of consistent integration whereby members of an ethno-cultural group, typically immigrants, or other minority groups, are absorbed into an established, generally larger community. ... This article is about the concept of a minority. ...


In the Czech Republic the majority of the Czech people do not want to have Roma as neighbours (almost 90%, more than any other group [15]) seeing them as thieves and social parasites. In spite of long waiting time for a child adoption, Romani children from orphanages are almost never adopted by Czech couples.[16] After the fall of communist party from power in 1989 the jobs traditionally employing Roma either disappeared or were taken over by workers from Ukraine and the stereotypes about Roma further reduced their employability.[citation needed] Czechs (Czech: Češi) are a western Slavic people of Central Europe, living predominantly in the Czech Republic. ... Non-violent protesters face armed policemen The Velvet Revolution (Czech: , Slovak: ) (November 16 – December 29, 1989) refers to a non-violent revolution in Czechoslovakia that saw the overthrow of the Communist government there;[1] it is seen as one of the most important of the Revolutions of 1989. ...


As of 2006, many Roma who had previously lived in Kosovo, lived in displaced refugee communities in Montenegro and Serbia. Those who remain often fear attacks from ethnic Albanians who see them as "Serb Collaborators". In February, 2007, three Romani women in Slovakia received compensation after suing a hospital for sterilizing them while they were underage and without their consent. While the sterilizations occurred in 1999 and 2002, and the women had been repeatedly appealing to prosecutors since then, they were up until this time ignored.[17] For other uses, see Kosovo (disambiguation). ... This article is about the country in Europe. ... Not to be confused with Republika Srpska. ... Sterilization is a surgical technique leaving a male or female unable to procreate. ...


Antiziganism in popular culture

The European Center for Antiziganism Research officially filed a complaint against Sacha Cohen — who plays Borat in the mockumentary film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan — for inciting violence and violating Germany's anti-discrimination laws.[18] One part of the satirical film, which supposedly portrays Borat's impoverished native village, actually shows a Romani village in Romania. In character, Borat has referred to himself as a former "gypsy catcher," and he has made a reference to "running over Gypsies with a Hummer". The European Center for Antiziganism Research, or ECAR, is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to combatting Ziganism, or prejudice against Gypsies. ... Sacha Baron Cohen shot to fame when his character Ali G started appearing on The Eleven OClock Show on Channel 4. ... This article refers to the Sacha Baron Cohen character Borat. ... This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ... 1867 edition of Punch, a ground-breaking British magazine of popular humour, including a good deal of satire of the contemporary social and political scene. ... Hummer is a brand of sport utility vehicles (SUVs) sold by General Motors, also known as GM. They are based on the military High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), or Humvee. ...


References

  1. ^ George Soulis (1961): The Gypsies in the Byzantine Empire and the Balkans in the LAte Middle Ages (Dumbarton Oak Papers) Vol.15 pp.146-147, cited in David Crowe (2004): A History of the Gypsies of Eastern Europe and Russia (Palgrave Macmillan) ISBN 0312086911 p.1
  2. ^ David Crowe (2004): A History of the Gypsies of Eastern Europe and Russia (Palgrave Macmillan) ISBN 0312086911 p.XI
  3. ^ Crowe (2004) p.2
  4. ^ Crowe (2004) p.1, p.34
  5. ^ Crowe (2004) p.34
  6. ^ Crowe (2004) p.35
  7. ^ Crowe (2004) p.36-37
  8. ^ Crowe (2004) p.75
  9. ^ http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20070220%5cACQDJON200702201414DOWJONESDJONLINE000608.htm&
  10. ^ Truth & Memory (note however that Ward Churchill is a known plagiarist and has fabricated evidence on many occasions, see Ward Churchill misconduct issues)
  11. ^ (Russian) [1]
  12. ^ http://web.amnesty.org/wire/February2002/Europe_Roma
  13. ^ http://www.bghelsinki.org/press/2003/en/05-22.htm
  14. ^ One year has passed since a professor was murdered by "Jipsies", Darik Radio news bulletin
  15. ^ Czech don't want Roma as neighbours (Czech). Retrieved on 2007-04-15.
  16. ^ http://www.radio.cz/en/article/88089
  17. ^ http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/27603.html
  18. ^ http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/11/01/061101190142.n43n2q02.html

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See also

Roma arrivals in the Belzec extermination camp await instructions The Porajmos (also Porrajmos) literally Devouring, or Samudaripen (Mass killing) is a term coined by the Roma (Gypsy) people to describe attempts by the Nazi regime to exterminate most of the Roma peoples of Europe during The Holocaust. ...

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