European freedom of movement is only conditionally extended to Roma
Evidence
For centuries, the Roma were victims of a special kind of racism, one ‘which juxtaposes nationalism and colonialism in such a way as to draw clear distinctions (and boundaries) between the “civilized native” and the “barbaric other” ’ (MacLaughlin, 1998 , p. 1023). … The current European project of managing diversity does not seem to fi nd an appropriate place for Roma’s (European) aspirations. Freedom of movement and settlement, the pillars and ultimate expression of democratic dignity in an enlarged Europe, is only conditionally offered, and in some cases outright refused, to the Roma. The current European project of managing diversity also shows how fragile human dignity is. — Cristian Tileagă, The Nature of Prejudice, 150
Categorization
- XREF: Connects to the moral inclusion/exclusion framework threaded through the rest of this volume; also resonates with the ‘civilized native vs barbaric other’ colonial binary discussed elsewhere in postcolonial theory reading. — connects to: A British-Roma teenager hanged himself after deportation notice — Luke de Noronha, The conviviality of the overpoliced,…, 66
Related
- Progressively-framed European institutions can still reproduce the racism they disavow. (similarity 0.82)
- Roma are punished for embodying values central to the European ideal (similarity 0.81)
- Denying settlement rights constitutes moral exclusion in plain view (similarity 0.81)
- Worth-diminishing practices strip Roma of status others take for granted (similarity 0.81)
- Even tolerant people express revulsion-themed hostility toward Roma (similarity 0.80)
- Racism against Romani people is the last acceptable prejudice in Europe (similarity 0.79)
- Roma are framed not just as outsiders but as a distinct moral universe (similarity 0.79)
- EU expansion exposed liberal Europeans’ failure to uphold equal-treatment values (similarity 0.78)