Jipsiz, Romani n Travlrz sufr ‘psistnt’ dscriṃneśn in YC
(Transcription of a Guardian article of 25 May 2023)
Caunsl v Yṛp fîndz ‘śocñ’ levlz v bŭliyñ in ejceśnsistm n ʈrets t līgl steṭs n rîts
Hrūn Sdīci, Līgl-aferz corispondnt, Ʈrzde 25 Me 2023
Ɖr r “trublñli psistnt” levlz v dscriṃneśn agnst Jipsiz, Romani n Travlrz (JRT) in ɖ YC, an xprtgrūp fṛm Yṛp’s līdñ hymn-rîts bodi hz faund.
Ɖ Caunsl v Yṛp cmiti sd ɖ JRT cḿṇti sufr “śocñ” amǎnts v bŭliyñ in ɖ ejceśnsistm, preɉdist rportñ in ɖ mīdia n ʈrets t ɖer līgl steṭs n rîts, includñ az a rzult v rīsnt lejsḷtiv ćenjz.
In an opińn, publiśt on Ʈrzde, it sz: “Ɖ deḟniśn v ‘Jipsi’ fr planñprṗsz xcludz ɖoz hu hv prṃnntli sīst traṿlñ. Ɖs mīnz ɖt eʈnic Jipsiz n Travlrz me b dnaid ɖer steṭs az a ‘Jipsi’ [sic].
“Ɖr z olso a sisṭmatic śortij v saits rzultñ îɖr fṛm locl-oʈoṛti unwilñnis, opziśn fṛm locl rezidnts, or ɖs ny deḟniśn rdysñ ɖ numbr v saits rqîrd in nīdz’sesmnts.
“Morovr, ɖ oʈoṛtiz hv crimiṇlîzd tresṗs wɖ a viycl in ɖ P’līs, Crîm, Sntnsñ n Corts Act (PCSCA). Ɖs act apirz t ɖ mnoṛti az a crimiṇlîześn v ɖ opśn v last rzort v Jipsiz n Travlrz in Ñgḷnd, n it z dificlt fr ɖ mnoṛti itslf t dsrn ɖ difṛns btwn ɖt n forst asiṃleśn. Ɖ fir ɖs act hz sparct amñ ɖ mnoṛti z pṛfǎnd.”
Az wel az ɖ PCSCA, ɖ advîzri cmiti on ɖ Fremwrc Cnvnśn fr ɖ Pṛtx́n v Naśnl Mnoṛtiz sz uɖr lejsḷtiv ćenjz n pṛpozlz rezd cnsrnz includñ ɖ Naṣ́naḷti n Bordrz Act, ẃć alǎz fr sitiznśp t b stript wɖt notis, n ʈrets t ɖ Hymn-Rîts Act.
Ɖ cmiti olso notd stroñ incrisz in hetcrîm tarġtñ uɖr mnoṛtiz, “noṭbli ɖ Juiś n Mŭzlim cḿṇtiz”, n cōld fr gretr s’port fr linḡstic mnoṛtiz includñ Corniś.
Its rec̣mndeśnz includd Corniś biyñ on ɖ naśnl c’rikḷm n adiqt fundñ biyñ md aveḷbl t Corniś orġnîześnz pṛvîdñ mnoṛti-lanḡj edyceśn, tīćrtrenñ or dveḷpñ edyceśnl mtirịlz in ɖ lanḡj.
It olso sd ɖr śd b a comprihnsiv straṭji fr Ñgḷnd n Norɖn Îrḷnd t tacl “antijipsiizm” t “combat ɖ wîdli hld preɉdisz agnst ɖs mnoṛti”.
Ɖ cmiti sd ɖ pandemic, rîzñ costs v livñ n ɖ p’liticl clîṃt – includñ ɖ ys v “hymn rîts fr parti-p’liticl endz” – hd sirịsli afctd ssaytl chīźn n hymn rîts. Bt it prezd tarġtd s’port fr mnoṛtiz in ɖ Covid-19 vax̣neśndrîv, best on mortaḷti iniqoḷtiz.
Ɖ YC – a fǎndr membr v ɖ Caunsl v Yṛp, ẃć oṿsiz ɖ Yṛpiyn cort v hymn rîts – raṭfîd ɖ Fremwrc Cnvnśn fr ɖ Pṛtx́n v Naśnl Mnoṛtiz, ẃć z līġli bîndñ undr inṭnaśnl lw, in 1998. Ɖ last YC opińn wz publiśt in 2017.
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