The myth of ‘criminality’ was once used to justify genocidal violence against the Roma. And yet it persists today.

The myth of ‘criminality’ was once used to justify genocidal violence against the Roma. And yet it persists today.

The recent Senate resolution celebrating Romani culture and heritage is a good start, but our work is far from over.

The Biden administration must take action on enduring racial profiling of Roma people.
![Members of a class of 12 Roma children segregated in a separate school in Beverly, Massachusetts on January 26, 1937 [File: AP/FOX]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_370126051.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Romanians continue to actively deny the history of Roma enslavement in Romanian lands.
![A shatra (village) founded by Roma slaves, as depicted in an 1860 engraving by Dieudonne Lancelot [Wikimedia commons]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Satra_in_1850s_Romania.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)