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A romák is képesek dolgozni

  •   The Roma are able to do also respectable and honorable work
  •   Romanit ovat kykeneväisiä myös kunnioitettavaan ja kunnialliseen työhön
  •   I rom sono capaci di condurre anche lavori rispettabili ed onesti
  •   Romi so sposobni opravljati tudi spoštovanja vredno in častno delo

Country

Hungary

Tag

Sentence

Target groups

  • Minority groups
  • Roma

Description

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“According to our observations the Roma are able to do also respectable and honorable work” (PM Viktor Orban, 2013). The sentence was expressed by the Prime Minister at a press conference. The statement is patronizing and conveys a derogatory message, which confirms hierarchy. Patronizing is a widespread phenomenon in political speech on marginalised and/or discriminated groups.

Why racist

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The PM emphasizes something which should be obvious in a non-racist discourse. The statement maintains and confirms hierarchy in Hungary and furthermore degrades the Roma population.

Lausunto suhtautuu romaneihin alentuvasti korostaessaan ajatusta, jonka tulisi ei-rasistisessa kielenkäytössä olla täysin ilmeinen. Lausunto pitää yllä eri ihmisryhmien välistä hierarkiaa ja nöyryyttää romaniyhteisöä.

Leereszkedő stílus. Olyan megállapítást tesz, ami egy nem rasszista beszédben magától értetődő lenne. A kijelentés fenntartja és alátámasztja a magyarországi hierarchikus viszonyokat, lealacsonyítja a romákat.

E’ una frase pronunciata dal premier ungherese Viktor Orban durante una conferenza stampa. Questa finta forma di sostegno enfatizza qualcosa che dovrebbe essere ovvio in un discorso non razzista. La frase mantiene e conferma la gerarchia esistente in Ungheria e, inoltre, umilia la popolazione rom.


Izjava poudarja nekaj, kar bi moralo biti očitno v ne-rasističnem diskurzu. Gre za pokroviteljsko izjavo, ki ohranja in potrjuje hierarhijo na Madžarskem, poleg tega pa degradira romsko prebivalstvo.

Source

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The statement was given on a press conference and was acknowldged by the mainstream media e.g. http://index.hu/belfold/2013/04/25/orban_a_romak_is_kepesek_dolgozni/

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