ROMA AND SINTI
In a New York Times commentary it has been argued that the Sinti and Roma are nowadays subjected to marginalization and racism to an extent which corresponds to the situation of Afro-Americans in the United States up to the middle of the 1950s. An important reason for the continued marginalization and discrimination of Roma and Sinti are structures of prejudice and racist clichĂŠs, which have been substantially influenced by the misanthropic racial ideology of the National Socialists and the associated fascist regime. Politically responsible people still deny the existence of racism and discrimination against Roma and Sinti, especially in Central and Eastern Europe; the members of the minority are mostly described as a "social problem". Instead of effectively protecting the members of the Roma minorities from discriminations and racism, politicians from many countries contribute to the dissemination and propagation of stereotypes and antiziganist as well as anti-Semitic feelings in the society.