Anti-Roma hate speech in Europe is nothing new. But somehow, it's always worse than you expect.
Sarah Dougherty
The Global Post - November 21, 2013
Last month Greek and Irish authorities did something truly ironic. In three separate incidents,
they took blond, blue-eyed children away from their Roma families and
put them in state care. Why? They saw their light skin and assumed the
kids must have been — wait for it — stolen from their families.
The Roma are a linguistically and culturally diverse group of people who originated from northern India about 1,500 years ago. They make up Europe’s largest ethnic minority, with at least 10 to 12 million members. Most Roma are European Union citizens. But even though they've lived in Europe for more than 700 years, they’re still treated with suspicion and hostility.
DNA tests now confirm that all three of the blond children are Roma, but an informal witch hunt had already begun, feeding into centuries of superstition that the Roma steal children.
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