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Grant Lovellette - Page 2 |
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A horse and cart is the primary mode of transportation
for the Roma in Szürte. In fact, Roma with a horse and cart
are better off than the average Roma, who has no personal means
of transportation. Public transportation is slow and undependable
at best, non-existent most of the time, and life-threatening at
worst. |
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The street in Szürte on which the Roma live,
the northernmost part of the village. The Roma live on the right
side, and Hungarian and Ukrainian peasants live on the left. Although
the Hungarians and Ukrainians are also very poor, especially by
American standards, they are significantly better off than the Roma—their
houses are not disintegrating, their houses are insulated, and so
on. The Hungarians and Ukrainians across the road almost never interact
with the Roma, even though they share a street; the Roma socialize
on the street while the Hungarians and Ukrainians stay in their
homes. |
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The current situation for the Roma in Transcarpathia
is one of almost abject misery, due in large part to crushing poverty.
The unemployment rate for Roma is practically 100 percent. The situation
for the Roma in the cities is even worse than that of the Roma in
the countryside. One of the Roma from a nearby city said, “The
people here are starving and they eat trash. When Roma die here,
there is no money for a coffin. We put them in sacks to bury them.
Of course, absolutely anything can be arranged with money, but since
we have no money, we have nothing. Do you see this piece of wood?
I am going to cook it and eat it.” |
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This girl of 14 or 15 held her son proudly. Most
of the time, the births of children are causes for celebration,
but the birth rate among Roma is exploding exponentially and is
contributing to their impoverishment. Roma girls start having children
very young and then continue to give birth to more children on a
regular basis, meaning that Roma parents have children before they
are mature enough to manage a family well and always have more mouths
to feed than they are able. There is no family planning or education,
nor is there any means of contraception available to them. |
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