How do you solve a problem like Maria? Racism, racism and more racism.

From Pipopotamus

There are 12 million Roma in Europe. There are poor Roma, there are rich Roma, there are fat Roma, there are thin Roma – my God, there are even blonde Roma. Then there are two Roma in Greece who may or may not have abducted a blonde girl called Maria. Two Roma. That’s around 0.000017% of Europe’s Roma population. The media, being it’s ever so rational self, have concluded that this statistic is beyond shocking. You will be relieved to know, therefore, that they have alerted the world to the imminent threat that Europe’s Roma pose to the safety of your children (especially the blonde ones).

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