Roma are framed not just as outsiders but as a distinct moral universe
Evidence
Romanies are not only part of a different ‘moral universe’, but they are this different moral universe; a universe of extreme difference, transgressive, non-normative behaviour. — Cristian Tileagă, The Nature of Prejudice, 544
Categorization
- DEFINE: Clarifies the ‘moral discrimination’ concept via Bhabha’s ‘incommensurable identities’: it is not group difference but moral universe separation that makes Roma ‘other’.
Related
- Roma are degraded and reminded of their degraded status (similarity 0.84)
- Roma are punished for embodying values central to the European ideal (similarity 0.83)
- Even tolerant people express revulsion-themed hostility toward Roma (similarity 0.80)
- Prejudices against Roma are among the last socially acceptable prejudices (similarity 0.80)
- Anti-Roma prejudice is far more complex than direct hostility (similarity 0.80)
- Racism against Romani people is the last acceptable prejudice in Europe (similarity 0.79)
- Romani people are constantly reminded of their degraded status (similarity 0.79)
- Dehumanizing talk draws on shared cultural repertoires rather than individual antipathy (similarity 0.79)
- Worth-diminishing practices strip Roma of status others take for granted (similarity 0.79)
- European freedom of movement is only conditionally extended to Roma (similarity 0.79)