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	<title>Comments on: AFS Outreach in Romania- Part 1</title>
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		<title>By: Alyssa Rivera</title>
		<link>http://www.persistenceofvision.org/2009/06/25/afs-outreach-in-romania-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-28</link>
		<dc:creator>Alyssa Rivera</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>SOUND LIKE FUN I HOPE YOUR HAVING A GREAT TIME CHRIS. CANT WAIT FOR ARE FILM CLASS I MISS IT.</description>
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		<title>By: Mona Nicoara</title>
		<link>http://www.persistenceofvision.org/2009/06/25/afs-outreach-in-romania-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-27</link>
		<dc:creator>Mona Nicoara</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This looks like a great project. If you want to expand it or repeat it, either in Romania, or in other areas of Central and Eastern Europe, I'd be happy to put you in touch with NGO and funding partners.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This looks like a great project. If you want to expand it or repeat it, either in Romania, or in other areas of Central and Eastern Europe, I&#8217;d be happy to put you in touch with NGO and funding partners.</p>
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		<title>By: Dan</title>
		<link>http://www.persistenceofvision.org/2009/06/25/afs-outreach-in-romania-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-21</link>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:31:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hello Christian,

I think you are confusing two different things: racism and the refusal of gypsy (anti)social behaviors. Romanians are not racist when they are labaling begging, theft, child abuse, that nomadic gypsies are often guilty of, as socially intolerable. 

It is not a racial issue, it is a cultural issue. You should allow Romanians to criticize gypsy social behaviour the way Americans are condemning the gang culture comming out of African American ghettos. This is not racism, it is social responsability - this does not regard the individuals (and their race), just the behaviors they acquired.

Romanians have nothing against citizens of Roma origin (gypsies). Many Roma have integrated very well in the Romanian society, there are TV stars, soccer stars, and even a former president of Roma (or mixt) ethnicity.

The problems arise with Roma people that do not want to integrate in the society, like the nomad gypsies. You won't see much sympathy for them in Romania, or anywhere in Europe, for that matter - and this happens simply because their cultural baggage is today socially unacceptable, not because everyone in Europe is a racist.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello Christian,</p>
<p>I think you are confusing two different things: racism and the refusal of gypsy (anti)social behaviors. Romanians are not racist when they are labaling begging, theft, child abuse, that nomadic gypsies are often guilty of, as socially intolerable. </p>
<p>It is not a racial issue, it is a cultural issue. You should allow Romanians to criticize gypsy social behaviour the way Americans are condemning the gang culture comming out of African American ghettos. This is not racism, it is social responsability - this does not regard the individuals (and their race), just the behaviors they acquired.</p>
<p>Romanians have nothing against citizens of Roma origin (gypsies). Many Roma have integrated very well in the Romanian society, there are TV stars, soccer stars, and even a former president of Roma (or mixt) ethnicity.</p>
<p>The problems arise with Roma people that do not want to integrate in the society, like the nomad gypsies. You won&#8217;t see much sympathy for them in Romania, or anywhere in Europe, for that matter - and this happens simply because their cultural baggage is today socially unacceptable, not because everyone in Europe is a racist.</p>
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