Stereotypy
Václav Marhoul (left) and Petr Kotlár (right) (2020). (PHOTO: Jan Dobrovský)
Romani child actor from The Painted Bird rejects tv role in the Czech Republic of "bad g*psy child"
10.6.2021 7:13 full story
Performer Jan Bendig declines invitation to join discussion on ROMEA TV, issues social media statement about his TV series
13.4.2021 8:08 full story
Czech footballer Ondřej Kúdela, centre-back for Slavia Prague, accused of racism in Glasgow
22.3.2021 7:07 full story
Chess player, age 11, is a Romani talent from Slovakia who is defeating adult competitors
23.2.2021 8:04 full story
Czech primary school materials feature a total of 71 sentences about Roma - and they promote stereotypes
5.9.2020 16:16 full story
Volkswagen apologizes for racist advertisement, claiming it was "unintentional"
21.6.2020 14:20 full storyCivil society members of the Czech Govt Council on Roma Minority Affairs say Křeček is unacceptable as Public Defender of Rights
17.1.2020 18:02 full story
Romani rapper Alex Dzurko's new video criticizes "Facebook warriors" and racists, laments social divisions
23.11.2019 13:27 full story
Slovakia: Romani barber builds salon in small town despite local prejudices
17.4.2018 9:07 Dalibor Ferenc has fought to the end and won what he has long been desiring, namely, the opportunity to build his own hairdressing salon in a small town in the Žilina Region in northern Slovakia. The 23-year-old has managed to overcome a difficult period during which strong prejudices from those around him arose as barriers to his plan to open the salon last year, forcing him to move his business into a new space. full story
videoIndonesia: Hijab-Wearing Female Metal Group Defies Stereotypes
15.6.2017 17:25 Voice of Baceprot, (VoB) is a female Indonesian metal group consisting of three young women who choose to wear hijabs, a type of Islamic headscarf. The band formed in 2014 in West Java, “and use their music to combat the stereotype of Muslim women as submissive or voiceless” according to reuters.com. full story
Julius Zajac: Czechs and Romani people don't like each other
5.6.2017 9:55 Czechs and Romani people have not liked each other for generations (generally speaking) and is is clear to see that future generations will not like each other either. While the situation is gradually improving, that fact is not visible, for the most part, because the tempo of improvement is too slow. full story
Czech Govt Roma Council reviews Romani Holocaust sites, victim database, and compensation for involuntary sterilizations
4.11.2016 15:38 The Czech Government Council on Romani Minority Affairs met on Tuesday in Prague and discussed much more than just the scandal in Žatec. After opening with a vote of agreement to call on the Interior Ministry and Police Presidium to report to the Council on the investigation there, the Council focused on the opening of the school year in relation to implementation of the amendment to the Schools Act legislating the education of children and pupils with special educational needs. full story
Commentary: Czech "hero" reports the racist news from a children's playground
20.9.2016 8:00 The Czech media panopticum has offered consumers a lot recently: Olivie Žižková and her man filming themselves during attacks of paranoia on mass transit in Prague, the "schizophrenic Barbie" running for office with her untreated Messiah complex - and now there's another. An editor at the newspaper Lidové Noviny, Přemysl Houda, has written a column called "Playground Racism" in which he laments an episode he recently experienced between the playground slides. full story
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