Foundations of an Ideology of Hatred Against Romani Communities
Location
Littlefoot A Room 124A
Start Date
22-4-2023 10:30 AM
End Date
22-4-2023 11:45 AM
Publication Date
2023
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | Law | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Description
Romani communities represent the largest ethnic minority in Europe (European Commission, 2020), dating their presence in Europe for nearly half a millennium (End, 2012). The history of the Romani community has been starring in marginalisation, oppression and violent manifestations of hatred and persecution (Martínez, 2007; CoE, 2012; Cortés et al., 2019; Matache 2020; Molina 2020). Hatred towards Romani people have been manifesting systematically on the European continent over the centuries.
These manifestations have been leading Romani groups to be victims of a specific form of racism manifested through explicit violence (End, 2012; Coe, 2012; End, 2015; Carrera, 2017; Rostas, 2019), hate speech, exploitation, stigmatisation, and the most brutal discrimination (ECRI, 2011). This phenomenon, known as antigypsyism, has configured a specific widespread and customary ideology marked by hatred and fear and based on a set of sustained prejudices and stereotypes about the historically constructed artificial and fictitious image of the "Gypsy" (Alliance, 2017; End, 2014; Selling 2015; Selling 2018; Carrera et al., 2017).
Despite the cessation and prohibition of discrimination against racialized minority groups, as well as the gradual establishment of policies, strategies and measures to combat discrimination and socially integrate an excluded minority group such as the Romani communities; the manifestation of this ideology has been presented in a violent, persistent and recurrent way (ECRI 2005; ECRI 2011; CoE 2012; Perry, 2001) suffered on a daily basis by members of this group (James, 2020; Chakraborti & Garland, 2015).
Throughout this paper, the study will focus on categorizing antigypsyism from the field of Hate Studies, inquiring about the ideology that underlies and promotes hatred towards Romani groups. This widespread and customary ideology represents the leading cause of the exclusion of Romani people from the European socio-economic system (CoE, 2012). Thus, this categorisation of antigypsyism will produce a more complete and reliable knowledge about this phenomenon. Specifically, it will attempt to achieve a holistic understanding of hatred towards Romani people and its manifestation, perpetration, and effects in the context of neoliberal global capitalism.
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Recommended Citation
Ruiz Molina, Fernando, "Foundations of an Ideology of Hatred Against Romani Communities" (2023). International Conference on Hate Studies. 53.
https://repository.gonzaga.edu/icohs/2023/seventh/53
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Session Title
Hatred Against the “Other”
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Foundations of an Ideology of Hatred Against Romani Communities
Littlefoot A Room 124A
Romani communities represent the largest ethnic minority in Europe (European Commission, 2020), dating their presence in Europe for nearly half a millennium (End, 2012). The history of the Romani community has been starring in marginalisation, oppression and violent manifestations of hatred and persecution (Martínez, 2007; CoE, 2012; Cortés et al., 2019; Matache 2020; Molina 2020). Hatred towards Romani people have been manifesting systematically on the European continent over the centuries.
These manifestations have been leading Romani groups to be victims of a specific form of racism manifested through explicit violence (End, 2012; Coe, 2012; End, 2015; Carrera, 2017; Rostas, 2019), hate speech, exploitation, stigmatisation, and the most brutal discrimination (ECRI, 2011). This phenomenon, known as antigypsyism, has configured a specific widespread and customary ideology marked by hatred and fear and based on a set of sustained prejudices and stereotypes about the historically constructed artificial and fictitious image of the "Gypsy" (Alliance, 2017; End, 2014; Selling 2015; Selling 2018; Carrera et al., 2017).
Despite the cessation and prohibition of discrimination against racialized minority groups, as well as the gradual establishment of policies, strategies and measures to combat discrimination and socially integrate an excluded minority group such as the Romani communities; the manifestation of this ideology has been presented in a violent, persistent and recurrent way (ECRI 2005; ECRI 2011; CoE 2012; Perry, 2001) suffered on a daily basis by members of this group (James, 2020; Chakraborti & Garland, 2015).
Throughout this paper, the study will focus on categorizing antigypsyism from the field of Hate Studies, inquiring about the ideology that underlies and promotes hatred towards Romani groups. This widespread and customary ideology represents the leading cause of the exclusion of Romani people from the European socio-economic system (CoE, 2012). Thus, this categorisation of antigypsyism will produce a more complete and reliable knowledge about this phenomenon. Specifically, it will attempt to achieve a holistic understanding of hatred towards Romani people and its manifestation, perpetration, and effects in the context of neoliberal global capitalism.