Margareta Matache

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The myth of ‘criminality’ was once used to justify genocidal violence against the Roma. And yet it persists today.

People cast shadows on the Roma flag during an anti-racism march by members of the Romanian Roma community celebrating the Romani Resistance Day in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, May 18, 2019. On May 16, 1944 Roma prisoners in the Auschwitz concentration camp resisted an attempt by the Nazi troops to liquidate their camp, which postponed the action until August the same year. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

The recent Senate resolution celebrating Romani culture and heritage is a good start, but our work is far from over.

The US Capitol Building

The Biden administration must take action on enduring racial profiling of Roma people.

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Romanians continue to actively deny the history of Roma enslavement in Romanian lands.

A shatra (village) founded by Roma slaves, as depicted in an 1860 engraving by Dieudonne Lancelot [Wikimedia commons]

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