2007 has been marked as European Year of Equal Opportunities for All but what does that mean for the approximately 10 million Roma living in Europe ? The LA Times has an article on the challenges facing our society during this “Decade of Roma Inclusion” (2005-2015).
If a society recognizes itself, and ultimately critiques itself, on how it treats its most downtrodden, then surely the acid test for the EU is its ongoing treatment of the Roma. They can be found living in the housing projects of Paris, the toxic dumps in Kosovo, the ruined outskirts of villages in eastern Slovakia, the warren of backstreets in old Polish towns and the gray flatlands of Dublin
Thanks to Karma Canyon for the link.
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