The Romanians Are Coming

I found this television documentary to be eye opening and unfortunate at the same time. Although I think it’s wrong to portray a nation and disclose them of their complications, this show reminded me about the true struggles of living in this world. The show where these Romanians, who are not trying to cheat the system but to make money to provide some sort of stable environment for their family exposes the raw realities of living. People hate and discriminate them as if they are nobody. Although the cast portrayed might be nobody, at the end of the day they are still human beings just like us and are searching ways to survive just like us. If I were to put myself into their shoes the sheer brutality of overcoming the language barrier and the pressure to provide for my family where I’m all they've got in terms of surviving would be immense and I would probably be doing the same thing. So when I see the emotions of them crying from failure to have a basic conversation and the overt joy in getting a crummy day job, I can completely sympathize with them because of their circumstance. On the other hand, that is what the show sets out to do and it disgusts me because the show is greatly benefiting out of their miseries. I mean the show in general is discriminates toward the Romanians and denigrates a nation of hard working people. There are many people of many ethnicities that go to London (let alone anywhere) to find work in similar situations as the Romanians. This show degrades and stereotypes the Romanian community by focusing on just the unintelligent and bottom of the barrel citizens, when in reality all types of ethnicity have similar people. This documentary I believe is made with a derogatory language where it deliberately confuses the differences between Romanians and gypsies. As a result,  the documentary abuses and pities the Romanian nation in a very humiliating way.