Kostas Hatzis: How does the country benefit from the Roma? Why doesn’t the prosecutor intervene?

Kostas Hatzis gave an extensive interview in which he discussed the challenges he faced due to his Roma heritage.

The famous singer was a guest on the show ‘Buongiorno’, where he opened up about the difficulties he faced as a Romani person. He said that when he entered the music industry, he encountered resistance because people could not accept certain aspects of him. He also wondered how the country benefits from the Roma people and the creation of ghettos.

In more detail, Hatzis said: “As a Romani I had some problems. I had to study. I am not ‘self-enlightened’, I am ‘enlightened by others’. I studied and cried. I entered this field because from a very young age I felt like I was among the marginalized.”

Kostas Hatzis expressed concerns about the role of the state in relation to the Roma people and the creation of ghettos, asking: “How does the country benefit from the Gypsies? They are moved from here to there to improve the areas, and then they are moved again. Why are ghettos allowed to arise? If a child does not go to school, the public prosecutor intervenes. Why doesn’t this happen to the gypsies? Why do you allow them to commit all kinds of crimes?”

He continued: “What kind of education do the children have? If I teach my child about ‘gyftakia’ (a derogatory term for Roma), and they develop an inferiority complex, as they grow older, they start to harbor hatred and behave criminally.”

In another part of the interview, Hatzis spoke about his own children: “I have six children. I had four children with Ursula, who was German. She died, and I married a French woman, and we had two children. I do it on purpose when I say the word ‘Gyftos’. I studied to learn more about the Gypsies and began to see how I could refer to them, not to correct anything, but for my own conscience.”

In closing, Kostas Hatzis said: “When I entered this field, they couldn’t accept certain things from me anyway. I was tried for my political views, and everything I had studied was taken away. My father was a great clarinetist in Greece known as Karagiannis. He also played the santouri. I had a different education. I studied ballads. I could never be somewhere and judge, because you can’t hurt people like that.”