Gypsies face hostility, poverty in Eastern Europe.

From: National Catholic Reporter | Date: January 21, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

In mid-1999, Maticna Street on the edge of this dusty northern Bohemian town made its bid to become the symbol of post-communist Eastern Europe's underside.

Here, city councilors decided to put up a wall to separate a grimy, unpainted tenement from the rest of the town. The reason: to keep at bay the dark-skinned Roma people -- more commonly known as Gypsies -- who occupy the building.

The wall quickly became a cause celebre in the European media. To many, it was emblematic of the revival of racial and ethnic tribalism in the political void left by communism's collapse. ...

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