From Richard: "From an old column by
Gary Younge that describes the pervasive discrimination against the Roma:
" . . . Many,
particularly in eastern Europe, have the skin tone of an Indian or a Sri Lankan
- others, like two blond-haired children at the settlement in Paks, are functionally
white. Some in the Roma community even dispute that India is the common
homeland."
Amazing that media
coverage to date has assumed that there is no way that the girl can be
Roma.
And, there was this
"setback", according the headline editor of yahoo! (the
girl's DNA does not match anyone in an Interpol database of missing children):"
