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[BalkanInsight.com] Romanian authorities condemn a racist attack involving 130 Romanian nationals in Northern Ireland. Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said that none of the Romanians in the Belfast area requested consular assistance, adding the attacks did not target Romanians specifically, but foreigners in certain areas of Belfast.
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[Slugger O'Toole] Slugger O'Toole: She described Northern Ireland as a nation that had been riven by racial loathing, [with] the two populations hating each other, and said now there erupts a new racism, as if theyre addicted to hatred, as if theyre addicted to violence, as if it gives them an exhilaration and a sense of identity. One grisly episode in south Belfast is used to depict everyone in Northern Ireland as hateful automatons, despite the fact that many people have taken a stand against the attacks on Romanians.
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[Slugger O'Toole] Slugger O'Toole: She described Northern Ireland as a nation that had been riven by racial loathing, [with] the two populations hating each other, and said now there erupts a new racism, as if theyre addicted to hatred, as if theyre addicted to violence, as if it gives them an exhilaration and a sense of identity. One grisly episode in south Belfast is used to depict everyone in Northern Ireland as hateful automatons, despite the fact that many people have taken a stand against the attacks on Romanians.
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