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Throughout Europe has recently spread this news like wildfire: Czechs are racists, Czechs are building ghettos for the Roma. ... In many countries, such as Germany, Hungary and Spain, the first anti-Gypsy laws were passed. ... Many of the Roma, nevertheless, turned to other sources of income, namely petty crimes (such as small thefts) and foreign-currency trading which was in Czechoslovakia illegal until 1990 when the Czech Crown (CZK) became fully convertible with other currencies. ... Therefore, it is Czechs and Slovaks who are in large measure responsible for the situation of the Roma. ... Such action would be regarded as inability of the Roma krisnitorya, or judges, to resolve the dispute and would in most cases result in loss of authority of the krisnitorya.
As the Roma consistently assert the superiority of their legal system, they mostly try to prevent public officials, such as police and courts, from interfering in what they consider to be their own affair, whether it be a small row or a murder. ... Therefore, if a Rom steals a thing from another Rom it is regarded as a serious crime and the wrongdoer can expect a severe punishment, such as e. ... Nevertheless, if a Rom steals a thing from a gaje, not only is this not seen as a crime but such behaviour is strongly encouraged by the community. ... But neither such confessions of being aware of cultural diversities nor philosophical debates can save the money of the robbed. ... Thefts of the Roma from the gaje will be tolerated because the Roma do not see such a theft as a crime. ... The Roma will submit to the law of majority and will be aware of possible consequences of such conduct. ... But are the Roma such a proud nation as they declare? ... Nevertheless another question necessarily emerges: Why is there such a wide gap between the statistical data and the real figure? ... In this case, the Roma would forget that extremist groups, such as the skinheads, do not look in the ID card of their prospective victim before they attack. ... The reason why such a big number of them are unemployed has nothing to do with aversion to work. ... Nevertheless, only few Czechs are ready to admit that this is not the domain of the Roma only but of vast numbers of Czechs as well. ... If they are given regular work they are really hardworking. ... I explained to them very stringently that I would not tolerate such behaviour and since then there have been no problems. ... If they were really Roma cannot, however, be undeniably proved. ... When asked whether she had been really the best actress of the year their answer was that this did not matter. ... Can such views be called racism, or rather anti-romism? ... Racism (omitting extremist groups such as the skinheads – this would be a topic for major dissertation)
The problem of the term “racism” is that it can be misused very easily. ... It is extremely easy to label somebody to be a racist; such accusation is very hard to disprove. ...
It is, too, very strange how the Roma regard racism as such. ... They were accused of physical violence and verbal attack against two Czechs using the words “white swines. ... It is, therefore, very doubtful whether they really carry out their functions the way they should. ... Does perhaps the “king” expect the journalist to write a positive article when refused an interview with such a dismissive answer? ... They are here not less at home than the Czechs. ... When I asked an Englishman living in the Czech Republic why such precautions had been taken, I was told that the British are afraid of a great immigration wave. ...
Even if these views were true, wouldn´t it be a better solution to the immigration issue to make such conditions which would make the misuse of the local social security system impossible? ... This essay was partly also my reaction to the recent journalistic fashion to describe Czechs abroad as racists. It is easy to say that Czechs are racists; it is easy, too, to pretend that the problem of racism does not exist in this country.
Approximate Word count = 4728
Approximate Pages = 18.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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