(18 Oct 2007)
Bilina - recent
1. Wide Roma teenages arrive at school for workshop
2. Wide hip hop dance two girls dancing
3. Wide on Shameema Williams, member of South African Hip Hop bend Godessa
4. Boys doing break dance
5. Various of Shameema Williams, member of South African Hip Hop bend Godessa
6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Shameema Williams, member of South African Hip Hop bend Godessa
"You can immediately see that there are problems because as soon as you have a ghetto, it's a breading ground for social disorder".
7. Wide shot on Roma residence building at the ghetto
8. Various of Roma people
9. UPSOUND :(Czech) Honza Mladek, Roma Teenager (rapping)
"I will show you our black world, hey ...I am black and what's the problem with that, but when you see a black you get sick don't you?".
10. SOUNDBITE :(Czech) Honza Mladek, Roma Teenager
"I am fed up with racism and politics. That all really gets on my nerves. Also, people are not nice to each other with any tolerance. Simply people are using violence to solve their problems in nowadays".
11. Various town square
12. SOUNDBITE :(Czech)Tomas Pokorny, Czech Teenager
"Gypsies are very rude. I hate them really".
13. Wide of two taxi drivers:
SOUNDBITE :(Czech) Taxi driver #1
"Do you want to see how they live in their district. Go and see and you will get a picture. "
14. SOUNDBITE :(Czech) Taxi driver #2
"They are untouchable; no police, law and order is valid for them. "
15. SOUNDBITE :(Czech) Milada Krajici, Czech woman
"We can see that in schools how they humiliate other children, verbally insult teachers and masters etc. Simply they are disrupting other children's education. I don't want to say that all gypsies are bad, however the majority really is."
16. SOUNDBITE :(Czech) Roman Cizek, Czech Man
"Sometimes a gypsy could be much better person that a white guy. It depends�".
17. SOUNDBITE :(Czech) Radka Cerna, Czech Woman (no name available)
Reporter question : How do Czechs see Gypsies?
Answer " I think like they see them like a trash.."
18. Wide Roma suburb
19. SOUNDBITE :(Czech) Dr. Ivan Vesely, President of Roma civil organization Dzeno:
"Only uneducated people in Czech society openly make racist comments. The majority of white Czech population, frustrated by low incomes, high tax and generally not satisfied with their lives, finds Romas convenient scapegoats."
20. Various of people in Roma ghetto
21. SOUNDBITE :(English) Shameema Williams, member of South African Hip Hop bend Godessa
"They can releaize that with all difficulties we had growing up it's possible to do something positive with your life and that you don't need to end up being on the street, not having a job. If you have don't good education, as in my case, you can use your creativity to do something in your life. That's the most important thing I want them to realize: use your creative energy and see what the possibilities are".
22. Shameema Williams performing Hip Hop
23. SOUNDBITE :(Czech) Vera Mala, Roma student
"She gave us a lecture about the Hip Hop and Rap all together. What's the actually meaning are of such music for her and for us".
24. Shameema's photo opportunity with Hip Hop students
LEAD IN:
In the Czech Republic the Roma community claims it is often discriminated against.
Now one group hopes that through Hip Hop, Roma teenagers can learn confidence and improve their future prospects.
STORYLINE:
These Roma teenagers are already dressed like LA gangstas in basketball gear, ready for their lesson in Hip Hop.
Honza says he wishes people were more tolerant to each other.
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