Saturday, September 27, 2008

Another Big Con from the Roma population?

Below are some astonishing captions from the photo essay that I found:

“According to a recent newspaper survey, more than two-thirds of Italians want Gypsies expelled, whether they hold Italian passports or not”

“The bodies of the two Roma girls lie on the beach after drowning in the sea in Torregaveta, near Naples on July 19 2008. The ambulance did not arrive for three hours, so they were covered up and beach-goers continued their picnic”

But photo essay is typically a bias view of things. Or is it? I did a quick search for some news articles on this vacation at a beach with rigor bodies nearby. I guess it is a norm of that beach?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/2309927/Italians-sunbathe-next-to-drowned-gipsy-children.html

“The bodies of two drowned Roma children lay covered by towels on an Italian beach while "indifferent" holidaymakers carried on enjoying the sun….Cristina Ibramovitc, 12, and Viola Ibramovitc, 11, were left on the sand for an hour among the holidaymakers after being caught in rough seas.”

Wow you kidding me? It seems like I am saying that phrase a lot after reconfirming my hatred to Oregon State Football on Thursday and Michigan beating Wisconsin. Then, Florida loses to Mississippi and now ‘Bama will might lose to Georgia after being up by 31 points at halftime. Wow you kidding me? How can this happen?

Well, it happens very easy and occurs daily. Individuals and ethnic populations are vulnerable and slighted by big institutions and government policies. Of course, we need to help the little guys against powerhouse domains. But what makes a certain population deserving or non-deserving?

In the Roma population, it does not help that Italy and other countries look down upon Gypsies due to stereotypes of thieves and con-artists. Could the need of health for Roma population just be another con from the Roma population? How can countries help a distrustful population? There should a be a fair way that government and organizations with assets to assess and help this population. If it was up to me, I would agree with Yasmin that I would help as much as I can. But that is just me, I want to help and ensure equality in health services to provide to vulnerable population. There is always a controlling measure, and here it seems to be money and negative perception of the population. But even perception is not an excuse, actually there should be no excuse on helping individuals for health services, yet we as a global society allow it to happen daily. An international service and policy should be available for these vulnerable populations on at least getting quality bare necessities on living.

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