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US ambassador Warlick on the Roma cause in Varna
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The US to Bulgaria, James Warlick will give a lecture at the Varna Free University on "Creating a more tolerant environment for the Roma in Bulgaria," Dnevnik daily reported.
"The Roma community in Bulgaria is voiceless, which is why they are often being taken advantage of," Warlick has said of the minority group.
In the lecture, Warlick will stress on the "social and political aspects of the environment in which the Roma community is forced to live in the country, as well as the opportunities for their integration in contemporary Bulgarian society," the report said.
Following the lecture, Warlick will engage in a discussion with students and professors on the matter. This is not Warlick's first initiative on the Roma issue in the country.
At the end of February, Warlick spoke of the plight of the Bulgarian Roma and the need for the country to integrate them better into society.
"The Roma are also Bulgarian citizens, and they are entitled to their rights and deserve the protection that you can offer them," Warlick said during a meeting with leaders from the Roma community, Bulgarian television channel bTV reported on February 28 2011.
Warlick was present at a conference of Roma leaders from the Balkans entitled "Roma Leadership for Regional Co-operation".
Warlick said that the Roma are "the most marginalised ethnic group in the country" and that he was deeply involved in the issue since he had met personally with Roma leaders and families.
"The Roma community in Bulgaria is voiceless, which is why they are often being taken advantage of," Warlick has said of the minority group.
In the lecture, Warlick will stress on the "social and political aspects of the environment in which the Roma community is forced to live in the country, as well as the opportunities for their integration in contemporary Bulgarian society," the report said.
Following the lecture, Warlick will engage in a discussion with students and professors on the matter. This is not Warlick's first initiative on the Roma issue in the country.
At the end of February, Warlick spoke of the plight of the Bulgarian Roma and the need for the country to integrate them better into society.
"The Roma are also Bulgarian citizens, and they are entitled to their rights and deserve the protection that you can offer them," Warlick said during a meeting with leaders from the Roma community, Bulgarian television channel bTV reported on February 28 2011.
Warlick was present at a conference of Roma leaders from the Balkans entitled "Roma Leadership for Regional Co-operation".
Warlick said that the Roma are "the most marginalised ethnic group in the country" and that he was deeply involved in the issue since he had met personally with Roma leaders and families.
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It is very encouraging that Warlick is deeply interested both in our education and our internal issues. It is always nice to hear that somebody has found an easy to implement and culturally sensitive solution to a problem of this magnitude.
I would be very curious to attend such a lecture and see the underlying research, which is certainly very deep and thorough as it comes from such a highly esteemed institution.
Is this information publicly available?
Come on what do you expect from an Obama appointee? He has always been a government lackey, and has never been among the people. He graduated from ultra left wing Stanford, and attended Oxford. He knows nothing about Bulgaria. He needs to really take off the goggles and walk in the streets.
I support the Ambassador's speaking about the plight of the Rom/Roma/Gypysies in BULGARIA. They suffer the same fate in many other countries and the US.
Most European countries have taken steps to improve their plight. France sent them home to...
At sometime in the ancient past todays science using DNA shows our ancestors suffered the same fate. The Bulgars came out of a valley north of the Himalayan Mountains of central Asia thousands of years ago some of mine may have also.
But it is now 2011 and [...]
Read the full comment a small part of the world is highly civilized while part is somewhat civilised and some are still uncivilized. With the Internet changes are coming very fast. Pick your choice. Maybe the Ambassador can shed some light.
its very easy to preach to us from a distance but I can guarantee he wouldnt want to live amongst the Rom (it is a plural gypsy word meaning the people and is not Roma!). Sure do what I say not what I do Typical politician
Why don't he pay more attention to the plight of the black people in America and the homeless, our vets that come home to nothing? We ask them to go and fight a war and then throw them on the street. Charity begins at home, to hell wit the Roma population
Is like asking the bush men of botswana and kenya to go and live in the town,they simply don't want to change their way of life, so are the Gypsies. The most and important way to help them is to educate them even if they live in the ghetos. They should be taught how to fish. I remember given a jacket and a pare of shoes to a gypsy boy who i met during one of my visit to troyan,he did used these stuff but i could not believe my eyes when i saw the new colour of the jacket [...]
Read the full comment after just 2 days wearing it. Its part of them,dirt. Just teach them to become more civilized and people should also try to accept them the way they are,otherwise they will never learn.
The Roma population are marginalised because thats how they want to live their lives.