Rom

This weekend my stylistics professor assigned a really great article about the English Cemetery here in Florence (In Italian this article was really beautifully written and made some interesting comparisons between the Italy and the US with regard to human rights). However, this article is also really about the Rom population and the need for equal rights for everyone here in Italy. Which conveniently for me also ties in with my internship since I will be working with at the Rom camp. Since my professor was also aware of this she assigned me a separate presentation on the Rom population in Italy. Due to this I have been doing some research and have found a some really interesting articles.

A brief summary (however reading the articles will be more informative [click here: 1 2]): The Rom population is made up of mainly Romanians, but also other eastern europeans that have come to Italy and are now living in poverty (also Rom appears to be interchangeable with gypsy). Despite the Rom's deep history in Italy there have been recent movements to expel them and with these movements, as well as before, there has been a lot of violence and racism against Roms and immigrants in Italy.