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Tag: anti-Gypsy racism
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Burn Them Out: When Public Safety is a Smokescreen for Hate
A man stands on a Traveller site. He’s a council tenant. He pays rent. He calmly explains to a news crew that the site is overcrowded, the caravans are too close, and if one goes up in flames, they all will. He asks to work with the council to fix it. What does he get…
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We demand The Sun stops publishing hatebait articles targeting Gypsies and Travellers
Open Letter to The Sun and Media Outlets Fueling Hate To the Editors of The Sun and Others Who Trade in Outrage, Your recent article—“Travellers bulldoze Green Belt when residents sleep”—wasn’t journalism. It was rage bait, calculated to provoke fear and hate, not inform the public. And it worked. The story was swamped with toxic comments.…
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The Scent of Death Hung in the Air
The Scent of Death Hung in the Air I left my family singing and telling ghost stories and I walked into the village to buy bread. My little sister danced happily around the fire as my mother prepared the meal.I heard a slow rumble of thunder and looked to the sky as the military trucks…
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Ringlets Of Red
Ringlets of red, Eyes open wide. Headteacher usher’s child inside.The room goes quite 48 eyes on me Be nice to Violet she’s a Gypsy you see.Confused and lost a bewildered child, dying with shame and pain inside. Was my culture of vital importance? When leading a lamb out to slaughter.Somewhere to sit Let’s find you…
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Gypsy Clean Up Week
I often remember being told that we must understand the past to learn from it. So As i read an article on hmd.org.uk that explains “On 13 June 1938 German police began a week of operations against Roma and Sinti people in Germany. Roma and Sinti prisoners © USHMM By 18 June over 1,000 Roma…
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Open Letter to anyone who will help affect change
I remember my first day back at school all too well, we were living roadside, it was the norm for my family back then. We had gone away for a few months and were back for the winter, the memory was scorched on my brain so much that when I was in my early 20’s…
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Modern Day Gypsies in the Media
Today i was shown the new David Brent Parody, I am interested in gaining opinions on it. Let us know if you are a Gypsy, Traveller or just interested in the subject matter