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Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony on Saturday said his administration had displayed the Romani flag on the facade of City Hall in honour of International Romani Day.
International Romani Day raises awareness of both the Roma community’s rich culture and difficult social situation, Karácsony said on Facebook. “Budapest belongs to everyone, which means it is also home to all of our Roma compatriots,” the mayor said, adding that “unfortunately, many of them live in deep poverty.” “Our job is to help them break out of it and make sure they do not suffer any discrimination at job interviews, when renting a flat or on the tram,” Karácsony said. “The government has a job to do, the city has a job to do and so does everyone”, MTI wrote.
“The advancement of our Roma compatriots is in our shared interest,” he said. Prejudices are always based on ignorance, the mayor said, underlining the importance of being open to learning about the Roma community’s history, culture and values. The Budapest city council devotes special attention to helping the city’s Roma community, Karácsony said, noting that the Romano Kher Roma cultural centre will soon move to a new refurbished location. He also highlighted a mentoring scheme launched by the city council aimed at helping young Roma people pursue a career in civil service and the Romaversitas Foundation’s leadership training programme.
The Hungarian left is copying the US minority playbook. In the mid-1990s, a group of Gypsy activists was invited to the US. They toured an Indian reservation and the MLK Centre for nonviolent social change. We know what follows.
Ah, good not-so-old identity politics game. Study after study after study, conducted by every source with every bias imaginable as well as without any bias at all, concluded that the problems besetting the gypsy community is only in (minor) part caused by “discrimination.” Their inherent cultural values are the root of most of their difficulties. They include child marriage, shunning education, high birthrate, and–worst of all–the parents not changing their ways so their kids have a better life than they did. Silly virtue signalling by flying flags and spending taxpayers’ money on building “community centers” is not going to solve a single one of the antecedent issues. How’s this for an idea: Train them to be truck drivers so we don’t have to import those from India, as was reported here a few weeks back!