Media representations of Roma range from crude caricature to pitying poverty portrays

Evidence

In the case of Romani people, one can see a continuum of representation, from hackneyed group caricatures that promote stereotypes in the service of shallow entertainment (see, for instance, the popularity of TV shows such as Gypsy Brides , My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding , etc.) to ambivalent, and sometimes questionable, portrayals of Roma individuals and communities affl icted by irremediable poverty and destitution. — Cristian Tileagă, The Nature of Prejudice, 520

Categorization

• ADDENDUM: The Roma as an ‘unlike any other group’ target parallels the reader’s piece on sacrifice where certain groups are reinscribed as categorically different and thus outside moral consideration.

Related

• Roma are degraded and reminded of their degraded status (similarity 0.79)