Comments on: Facebook’s Anti-Roma Group. http://modernityblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/facebooks-anti-roma-group/ “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” Abraham Lincoln Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:22:52 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: modernityblog http://modernityblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/facebooks-anti-roma-group/#comment-10767 modernityblog Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:20:20 +0000 http://modernityblog.wordpress.com/?p=4910#comment-10767 Amazing isn't it? We are truly living thru the 1930s again :( I don't think racism goes away so much as morphs into other forms. Amazing isn’t it? We are truly living thru the 1930s again :(

I don’t think racism goes away so much as morphs into other forms.

]]> By: Bob http://modernityblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/facebooks-anti-roma-group/#comment-10766 Bob Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:03:04 +0000 http://modernityblog.wordpress.com/?p=4910#comment-10766 This is at a slight tangent. I am not a Facebook user, but a friend of mine who is showed me the extent of anti-Gypsy and anti-"chav" Facebbok groups based in the UK, mainly in the humour section (is it called "just for fun"?), with names like "Kill a pikey today" or "Keep Britain clean, kills pikeys". This sort of hatred, closely linked to both anti-Roma racism and to middle class class hatred, is apparently considered completely acceptable by Facebook. This is at a slight tangent. I am not a Facebook user, but a friend of mine who is showed me the extent of anti-Gypsy and anti-”chav” Facebbok groups based in the UK, mainly in the humour section (is it called “just for fun”?), with names like “Kill a pikey today” or “Keep Britain clean, kills pikeys”. This sort of hatred, closely linked to both anti-Roma racism and to middle class class hatred, is apparently considered completely acceptable by Facebook.

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