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In the first post, I put in a link to an article on the issue which includes actual quotes pointing to conscious intent. On the other hand, some lawmakers might have more thought about immigration of Roma from Slovakia than resident Romas, and the fate of the children in orphanages might well have been due to bad design. (This was remedied in the 1996 amendments.) Then again, the behaviour of the local courts that applied the lawwas most consciously racist.

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by DoDo on Wed Apr 19th, 2006 at 01:23:34 PM EST
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I should add: the circumstance that various NGOs and Gypsy organizations and international monitoring organisations pointed out the problems and demanded the repeal or radical change of the law from day one (e.g. from 1993), but change came slowly, implies that even if some effects weren't intended, they were welcomed by lawmakers. (Current President Klaus's party even voted against the 2000 amendments.)

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One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Thu Apr 20th, 2006 at 05:43:19 AM EST
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