This ethnic group not only has been migrating to regions such as Southern and Eastern Europe, Western Asia, Latin America, the southern part of the United States and the Middle East for close to 1,000 years, it is also interesting and yet shocking to discover that half a million members of this relatively unknown group also shared a similar terrible fate by being victims of the Holocaust due to their cultural or religious differences like with the Jewish community (Rose). And while the global political systems are extremely responsive and active the hardships and realities of such anti-Semitism throughout the world, on the contrary, there hardly seems to any awareness when relating or addressing to the horrific crimes that were committed against the Romani people during the Holocaust. Though the Holocaust is indeed undisputedly regarded as being one of the most horrific acts in history and to humankind, then again, it also shows that even in this particular circumstance, the Romani people were in a sense, underrepresented and depicted in an unflattering way within the media. Sadly, this cycle of underrepresentation even continues in modern times and throughout society today. If anything, the original intent of this article is to not only discuss human rights concerning those particular issues to the public, but most importantly, also try to give the more recognition of the Romani people in general.

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