What is Antiziganism?
'''Antiziganism''', or '''antigypsyism''', is the [[fear]], dislike or [[hatred]] of [[Roma people|Roma]], also known as the Romani people.<ref> * {{cite web |website=International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) |title=Working definition of antigypsyism/anti-Roma discrimination |url=https://holocaustremembrance.com/resources/working-definition-antigypsyism-anti-roma-discrimination |access-date=December 11, 2024 |quote=Antigypsyism/anti-Roma [[discrimination]] is a [[wikt:manifestation|manifestation]] of [[individual]] expressions and acts as well as [[Institutional racism|institutional policies and practices of marginalization, exclusion, physical violence, devaluation of Roma cultures and lifestyles]], and [[hate speech]] directed at Roma as well as [[The Holocaust#Other victims of Nazi genocide|other individuals and groups]] [[Perception|perceived]], [[Social stigma|stigmatized]], or [[Persecution|persecuted]] during the [[Nazi Germany#History|Nazi era]], and [[21st century|still today]], as “Gypsies.”}} * {{cite web |website=Kommissionen mot Antiziganism |title=About antiziganism |url=https://www.minoritet.se/user/motantiziganism/antiziganism/index.html |access-date=December 11, 2024 |quote=Antiziganism or anti-Gypsyism, is the particular [[Institutional racism|racist structure]], [[ideology]] and [[Hostility|hostile]] [[prejudice]] targeted at Roma. It seeks to [[Dehumanization|dehumanise]], [[Alienation|alienate]] and drive away Roma precisely because they are Roma.}} * {{cite book |title=Antiziganism: What's in a Word? |url=https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-4438-7226-3 |publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing |isbn=1-4438-7226-1 |date=March 18, 2015 |access-date=June 1, 2021}}</ref> ==Overview== Antiziganism has been widespread in [[Europe]] since the [[Middle Ages]].<ref> * {{cite journal |journal=BMC Medical Genetics |title=Genetic studies of the Roma (Gypsies): a review |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/1471-2350-2-5 |last1=Kalaydjieva |first1=Luba |last2=Gresham |firs