...just to balance it up a bit, this vid shows travellers, including Romas, working very hard and getting through Uni and contributing a lot to their communities ..and despite any disadvantages../education wise they have had from early school years...
..it's like anything and everything in life, I think..'good and bad..'..and good and bad in every community...
..I don't really have much personal experience of Roma's in particular as I don't know of any who live or have lived locally...I have spoken to some when I've been in other countries though and I've always found that whether you buy the things they sell or try to sell or don't buy them, they're very nice, respectful and interesting people..and that's really all my personal experience, that I've had a few good conversations...
..with travellers in general though, we do have traveller's communities locally and always have had and many travelling children and families at the school..we have had a few not so great ones but really only a few..the majority are very hardworking, working 7 days a week in many cases and all working together as a family when the children aren't in school...they have their customs and traditions etc and although I don't always agree with all, I do understand them and their reasonings...
..sadly the media so often just wants to portray 'the Big Fat Gypsy Wedding..'...and give no balance to that..but no traveller that I have met personally has ever fitted that stereotype....
...anyways as Matt said, an old story and the main thing that I read from it is..'we have to tighten up and cut benefits..'...yeah right, so is that the stories agenda then....
30-09-2015, 05:13 AM
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