Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: Anti-Roma protests in Bulgaria 2011, Civil Guard Association for a Better Future, Constantin Tobescu, Death of Cristina and Violetta Djeordsevic, Egyptians Act 1530, European Center for Antiziganism Research, French Roma expulsion, Great Gypsy Round-up, Gypsy Scourge, H d reni riots, Hungarian discrimination against Roma, K.H. and Others vs. Slovakia, M awa pogrom, N. B. vs. Slovakia, Porajmos, R. v. Krymowski, Szczurowa massacre, V. C. vs. Slovakia. Excerpt: Antiziganism or Anti-Romanyism or Anti-Gypsyism is hostility, prejudice or racism directed at the Romani people, also known as Gypsies. As an endogamous culture with a tendency to practise self-segregation, the Romanis have generally resisted assimilation with the indigenous communities of whichever countries they have moved to; they have thus successfully preserved their distinctive and unique culture. The price of this cultural longevity, however, has been a degree of isolation from the surrounding population that has made them vulnerable to being stereotyped as thieves, tramps, con men and fortune tellers. Due in part to this same cultural segregation, the Romanis have been subject to various forms of discrimination throughout history and in nearly all the countries in which they have settled. The root zigan (pronounced ) is the basis of the word given to the Roma people in many European languages. Note however, that in several regions "zigan" and its variations are considered derogatory and offensive. Many activists and scholars prefer the phrase "Roma-phobia." A poster depicting a child being kidnapped by nomadsIn the early 13th century Byzantine records, the Atsinganoi are mentioned as "wizards... who are inspired satanically and pretend to predict the unknown." By the 16th century, many Romanies in Eastern and Central Europe worked as musicians, ...