Photo: Libor Zavoral, ČTK
Twenty-five years ago, the name Matiční Street in Ústí nad Labem—a 100-meter-long path between family row houses and three apartment buildings where socially disadvantaged Romani people lived—went viral. The fence planned by the town hall was seen as a symbol of racism and the segregation of the Czech Roma population.
The issue of Matiční Street grew throughout the 1990s in Ústí nad Labem.
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Author: Jakub Ferenčík