Different experts have warned about the underreporting of hate crimes linked to aporophobia or rejection of the poor, during a round table within the framework of the II International Congress of Aporophobia led by IQS-URL, which has been held since Thursday in Barcelona.
During the round table Legal and police approach to hate crimes committed due to aporophobia, The prosecutor of the Hate and Discrimination Crimes Unit has intervenedMaría Jesús Raimundo Rodríguez; the director of the National Office to combat hate crimes, Tomás Fernández Villazala, and the chief inspector of the National Policel, Manuel Serrano González, moderated by Míriam Feu, from Cáritas, as reported by the organizers of the congress in a statement.
The three speakers highlighted that There is “underreporting and underdetection” of this type of crime. moved by aporophobia. “It is necessary to give visibility to the problem to make it possible for the victims to report it,” defended Tomás Fernández Villazala.
Likewise, they have expressed concern about the fact that a large number of hate crimes underlying aporophobia are perpetrated by young people and minors. “Respect, empathy and trust is what we need to approach these people who suffer the consequences of aporophobia“, highlighted Manuel Serrano González.
In this sense, beyond all the measures and tools available at the legal and police level, María Jesús Raimundo has indicated that “it is worth highlighting the important work of education as a key to fighting aporophobia”.
Likewise, in the opening conference of the event, Professor Aaron Reeves, from the Oxford Universityhas indicated that this is “a global moment in which it has become more important than ever think about the way in which marginalized populations are excluded”. He stressed that “it is not enough to look at the bottom of society” but we must “look at the top.”
Perception of the elites
Under the title Ordinary People: How Elites and the Working Class Navigate the Symbolic Market of Being Ordinary, Reeves has addressed How elite self-perception influences policy economic and social, especially towards marginalized populations. “It is crucial to understand how policies aimed at the less fortunate are designed and justified by elites,” he warned.
In his presentation, Reeves has also broken down some of the conclusions of the research carried out together with Sam Friedman. Furthermore, he has spoken of the notion of the “symbolic market” in which elites try to present themselves as “normal” or “ordinary” to legitimize their position and justify their privileges. “Attitudes toward the poor are a reflection of the disconnection between elites and reality of the less fortunate,” Reeves stressed.
In this sense, the rector of the University Ramon Llull (URL), Josep A. Rom, has indicated that “to understand poverty” it is necessary to “also understand the vision of the rich”.
The congress was held with the support of the Foundation the Caixaand the collaboration of the Pere Tarrés-URL FoundationCáritas, Fundació Assís, Fundació Arrels, Cristianisme i Justícia, Instituto Borja de Bioética-URL, Fundació Vidal i Barraquer-URL, ESADE-URL, ESDI-URL, Observatori Blanquerna-URL and La Salle-URL.
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