The Permanence of Anti-Roma Racism: (Un)uttered Sentences offers a glimpse into how centuries-old racism against Roma people continues to affect their lives throughout Europe. Blending personal and family stories and archives with critical, historical, and social science analyses, the book examines how racism, harmful myths, and powerlessness have been passed down through generations since the Middle Ages.
Crucially, the book situates anti-Roma racism within a broader global context, examining its connections, relations, and differences to the histories and experiences of historically racialized and marginalized groups around the world.
In a time when racism and identity politics dominate public debate, this book urges readers to confront uncomfortable truths and imagine a more just, anti-racist future.
Introduction by Solvor Mjøberg Lauritzen, Professor, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society
Respondents:
Guro Jabulisile Sibeko is a Azanian-Norwegian teacher, author, spoken word artist and political activist. She has fought racism, homophobia and misogyny through art, public fury, and various organizations for three decades.
Dezso Mate, PhD, Research Fellow at the Interdisciplinary Centre for European Studies, Europa-Universität Flensburg, and Visiting Research Fellow at the Research Centre on Antigypsyism, Heidelberg University.
The book launch is being held in connection with the conference Slavery in Moldova and Wallachia: Silences, Memory, and Resistance. For more information, click here.
