Anti-Gypsyism as active hostility must be tackled separately from structural exclusion measures

Evidence

Although we welcome the European Commission’s direction to tackle Roma exclusion by defi ning concrete targets and timelines to address persistent and illegal school segregation, rampant unemployment, substandard housing and discrimination in access to health care, the Commission was silent on one critical impediment to Roma inclusion: anti-Gypsyism, which manifests itself in intimidation, harassment and violence against Roma. Unless States take forceful action against anti-Gypsyism, Roma will continue to be second-class citizens in Europe — Cristian Tileagă, The Nature of Prejudice, 815

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the earlier chapter’s theme of defining prejudice as about exclusion rather than mere attitude; also to the distinction between liberal policy fixes and lived hostility.

Related

• Anti-Roma prejudice is far more complex than direct hostility (similarity 0.80)