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0 pointsmrtksn5y ago0 comments

If it was about race, how do you explain the roma situation in Turkey? It's the same people but drastically different engagement in the public life.

The gangs, the trash, the dirt, the kids out of school - all real things as photographed and descrbed by the author of the article.

The more likely explanation is that the Bulgarians screwed up with the policy and the Turks got something right.

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throw_m2393395y ago· 3 in thread

> The more likely explanation is that the Bulgarians screwed up with the policy and the Turks got something right.

You're insinuating that Bulgaria enacted policies that forced Roma into a life of crime. You're also insinuating that all Europe enacted policies that forced Roma in Europe into crime since they behave likewise everywhere in Europe this specific group of gypsies goes which is a preposterous assertion.

There are other groups of gypsies, in France for instance which live there and do not have that criminal culture. So no, the problem isn't Bulgaria, or Romania, or France. The problem is criminal gangs that exploit their illiterate brothers and sisters, you can't put the onus on European states, not today.

mrtksnOP5y ago

Well, if it’s not about gypsies and policies but about criminal gangs then that’s the police not doing their job.

throw_m2393395y ago

> Well, if it’s not about gypsies and policies but about criminal gangs then that’s the police not doing their job.

If parents don't send their children to school so they can have chance to a better life then the parents, thus their culture, is the issue, not the police, a culture that is essentially criminogenic because it encourages bad behaviour and segregation due to illiteracy.

malkia5y ago

It did actually (Bulgarian here). During communist regime, roma (gypsies) were segregated - taught in different schools, lived in different areas. When the communist regime fell, it was accepted that's how it is, and the situation did not improve. Just my view on the matter.

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