Från "Zigenarfrågan" 1956 till "Romers rätt" 2010 : En studie om den strukturella diskrimineringen av romer i två statliga utredningar

• Main Author: Ehsani, Iman
• Format: Others
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Södertörns högskola, Lärarutbildningen 2012
• Subjects: structural discrimination; discrimination; institutional discrimination; gatekeeper; assimilation; Zigenarfrågan (SOU 1956:43); Romers rätt (SOU 2010:55); school system; authority policies; refferal response; Strukturell diskriminering; diskriminering; institutionell diskriminering; assimilering; skolsystem; myndighetspolitik; remissvar
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-18122

This thesis will deal with the development of the situation of the Roma minority in the Swedish school system in the period between 1954 to 2010, based on two Swedish Government Official Reports of the group's situation in the Swedish schools. The study is done by the report Zigenarfrågan (SOU 1956:43) and with the report Romers rätt (SOU 2010:55). The report Romers rätt was written by the Delegation for Roma issues and gives an updated picture of the situation of Roma in the Swedish school system. The state investigation Zigenarfrågan, is also important as the latter resulted in the Roma children enrolled in Swedish schools. This work will look at the various governmental investigations by the theory used for analysis called ”structural discrimination theory”. Comparison of these two reports by structural discrimination as theory has shown that Zigenarfrågan good vision and belief in the assimilation proposals, did not lead to desired results. Instead of achieving a homogeneous school, it resulted in a discriminatory school that still lives by the principle of homogeneity. Many of the proposals made in the report Romers rätt shows that Swedish school much because of its international bonds, trying to counter the structural discrimination directed against Roma and other minorities. But the work becomes very difficult when the structural discrimination norms are deeply ingrained in society's various institutional bodies.