Scientific racism,popular racism and the discourse of the Gypsy Lore Society |
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| Authors: | Thomas A Acton |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Humanities, University of Greenwich, London, UK;2. Department of Social Policy, Bucks New University, High Wycombe, UK;3. Department of Sociology, Corvinus University, Budapest, Hungarythosacton@yahoo.co.uk |
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| Abstract: | Scientific racism continued to be the guiding paradigm of the oldest scholarly association for the study of Gypsies well into the 1970s. It is important to acknowledge and analyse this when considering the continuing influence of racism on policy towards Roma. |
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| Keywords: | Roma racism Gypsy Lore Society Travellers ethnicity |
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