ABSTRACT

The Roma people are the largest minority in Europe and, since centuries, have suffered discrimination and hate crimes which persist currently. This paper analyzes 4,136 comments (2016–2020) about the Roma posted on an online open-access forum. Our findings suggest that the factors influencing Romanians’ hostility against the Roma are: (1) the general distrust in the Romanian administrations, (2) the feeling of threat, and (3) the in-group favoritism. The article discusses strategies such as the improvement of the citizens’ trust in the public administration, pragmatic interventions bottom-up which aim to increase the social pacification, the redefinition of the political correctness, and the application of situational prevention techniques to prevent hate crimes.

摘要

罗姆人是欧洲最大的少数民族，几个世纪以来一直遭受歧视和仇恨犯罪，目前仍在持续。本文分析了在线开放获取论坛上发布的关于罗姆人的 4,136 条评论（2016-2020 年）。我们的研究结果表明，影响罗马尼亚人对罗姆人敌意的因素是：（1）对罗马尼亚政府的普遍不信任，（2）威胁感，以及（3）群体内的偏袒。文章讨论了诸如提高公民对公共行政的信任度、旨在增加社会安定度的自下而上的务实干预、重新定义政治正确性以及应用情境预防技术预防仇恨犯罪等策略。