Europe Italian children back burning of gypsy camps

26 May 2008 |

‘British Telegraph’ reports that a class of primary school children in Naples had shocked Italy after submitting homework which supported the burninig of gypsy camps. Teachers at the school had set the children the task of explaining how they felt about the persecution of the gypsies. The response was an alarming series of drawings and essays, many of which supported the vigilante action. While teachers worked with them to explain the background and context these children were facing a very different reality on the streets of Naples and many of them had actually participated in the raids earlier.