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Starting with last week Romanian Gipsies living in N Ireland have been the victims of racist attacks. Police said the atacks were not organized by paramilitary forces. The hard right British neo-Nazi organisation Combat 18 is suspected of orchestrating the attacks.

Further more, a good number of politicians and offcials condemn the attacks, including Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Belfast Lord Mayor Naomi Long. According to a BBC article “Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson described the attacks as “deplorable”. The DUP leader added that Romanians had assisted the economy and deserved to have the respect of the local community. Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness said the attacks were a “totally shameful episode.”" The article also states that the Gipsies are being rehoused.

Romanians hate Gipsies. There are very few exceptions but most of Romanians see Gipsies as parias, as someone they do not want to have to deal with. Avoiding at best, if not hating is the policy there. Social integration offered to the gipsies is very poor if inexistent in Romania. Jurnalul National even started a campaign to change their names from Rroma to Gipsies because Rroma sounds too much like Romania (that is unbelievably demeaning for a national journal, no matter what their excuses were). Apparently everyone else in Europe makes the distinction between Romanian Gipsies and Romanians, except for, well, Romanians.

Despite the N Ireland racist attacks addresed to the Gipsies, this is not caused by the hatred for Gipsies per se, but for other races in general. In addition to that, attacks to other races or religious groups have happend in the recent past in N Ireland. Right now efforts are made for these 100 something people to be housed. People care for the fact that they are scared, that they had to leave their houses because they were being attacked at night, frightened and humiliated, and need a place to stay. They even give them credit for assisting the economy! They treat them as real human beings.

This is where we always failed as a people when it comes to Gipsies. And we are the ones who hated them for that. It’s like you cut one’s hand and hated him for that.

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