Worth-diminishing practices strip Roma of status others take for granted
Evidence
Both deliberate (and more subtle) attempts at altering, transforming, diminishing the worth of Romanies refuses them the social esteem and moral status that other people (other groups) take for granted. — Cristian Tileagă, The Nature of Prejudice, 738
Categorization
- ADDENDUM: Connects to the reader’s existing interest in how ritual sacrifice and moral exclusion operate as status devices — this names the mechanism of status denial in a modern democracy.
- XREF: connects to: A British-Roma teenager hanged himself after deportation notice — Luke de Noronha, The conviviality of the overpoliced,…, 66
Related
- Roma are punished for embodying values central to the European ideal (similarity 0.84)
- Romani people are constantly reminded of their degraded status (similarity 0.84)
- Roma are degraded and reminded of their degraded status (similarity 0.84)
- Prejudices arising from denying moral worth need societal analysis (similarity 0.82)
- European freedom of movement is only conditionally extended to Roma (similarity 0.81)
- Roma are framed not just as outsiders but as a distinct moral universe (similarity 0.79)