tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33242772.post1679352227229821098..comments2023-03-26T09:43:20.249+02:00Comments on Teléfonos que no suenan: The romantic, nomadic Gypsies. In real life they're called Roma, and their life is not all that romanticUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33242772.post-88739602929849049902012-07-02T13:39:55.175+02:002012-07-02T13:39:55.175+02:00I didn't know that particular case, but I'...I didn't know that particular case, but I'm not very surprised. I chose not to go into details with particular cases, especially because I didn't intend to make an(other) blog post only about Italy, but one of the cases I had in mind was one that happened last year in Torino (http://www.diredonna.it/torino-finge-stupro-bruciato-campo-rom-64159.html), where a girl made a false rape accusation, and the local Roma neighbourhood was burned and torn to pieces within no time, in a case of auto-justice. There are many aspects to go into, but one of them is the clear racism that is not addressed when only stereotypes are used in public space.<br />I'll try to get a hold of the book you mention and get wiser :)Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07153619997040725881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33242772.post-19382412631935544412012-06-30T11:43:18.051+02:002012-06-30T11:43:18.051+02:00I would also like to mention the widespread legend...I would also like to mention the widespread legend of child-kidnapping. In Italy (most?) people commonly assume that Roma kidnap non-Roma children. Obviously, there is no conclusive evidence of a single case of kidnapping. A few years ago there was an alleged case of a kidnapping attempt in Naples, in the quarter of Ponticelli. This unleashed an outburst of popular rage against the local Roma camp, which was set afire, forcing its inhabitants to move away. But one of the two witnesses of the alleged child-stealing case was the child's grandfather, a local mafia (camorra) chief, the other witness being his daughter (the child's mother). It's really difficult figuring out someone trying to steal in the house of a well-known camorrista, much less trying to kidnap his granddaughter. It also came out that there was an interest in building in the area surrounding the Roma camp, the presence of which would negatively affect the value of flats. Finally, the girl charged with the kidnapping attempt was not really a Rom at all! An Italian journalist, Marco Imarisio, has written a book on the subject: "I giorni della vergogna" (The Days of Shame). <br /><br />http://www.everyonegroup.com/everyone/mainpage/entries/2008/5/18_Anti-gypsy_sentiments_out_of_control_in_Italy._The_truth_about_the_kidnapping_in_Naples.htmlFrancesconoreply@blogger.com