Bora Cosic recalls how Kosovo Albanians were always treated as somehow less worthy than other Yugoslavians

Bora Cosic on the inhabitants of Kosovo

Serbian author Bora Cosic recalls how Kosovo Albanians were always treated as somehow less worthy than other Yugoslavians - even under Tito. "Now the end of the history of these poor people is looming on the horizon, people who have subsisted on grapes and sardines in their cellars and who make a great effort today to live off their land, according their own preference and with the right to independence, handling their own freedom with care. These industrious, proud and tough people have already made it clear how hard it is to deal with freedom. And so far they have managed to disappoint many of those who sympathize with them: Why do they have to burn down their neighbours' houses of worship? It's another reason why it's so hard for me to convince my fellow Serbians to leave the Kosovo Albanians in peace and let them deal with their own fate for once and for all."

Neue Zürcher Zeitung (Switzerland)

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Serbiality

For those of you who are wondering what this word mean, it is a combination of the words Serb and Wikiality. Wikiality is reality based on concensus rather than fact. So, I came up with the word Serbiality to define the Serbian reality (or realities), based on concensus instead of fact. So, for example, if Serbs agree that there was no genocide attempt by Miosevic in Kosovo, then there wasn't. Or, if Srebrenica didn't happen, then it didn't. Serbiality is hard to break through. Only the recent tape showing Serb forces killing young Bosniaks has forced Serbs to come to terms with Srebrenica.

I am writing all this because, Serbiality is very important for Serbia and the Balkans. And, I was inspired to write this by this piece of news:

SANU issues works on Kosovo

The Serbian Academy of Sciences and Art (SANU) published a collection “Kosovo-Metohija – Past, Present, Future”. The government statement says the essays, available in English at SANU’s official website, have been collected from an international meeting held in March last year in Belgrade.The 39 papers by domestic and foreign authors are said to be “analyzing the Albanian impact on the destabilisation of the Balkans, the position of Kosovo within Serbia and Yugoslavia, Albanian secessionism in 1990, Serb and Montenegrin migrations from the province and the Kosovo population under the Ottoman Empire”.

For those that don't remember, SANU is the institution which provided the inspiration, justification and roadmap for the project of Greater Serbia which led to two genocides, ethnic cleansing and a lot of human suffering. Now, SANU wants to prove that it is the Albanians who destabilized the Balkans. This is where SANU and Serbiality mix. SANU has been one of the key producers and solidifiers of Serbiality. SANU's respect among Serbs, provides it with a sponge-like audience. SANU serves to confirm Serbian fears and claims purported by the Serbian government and media.

I have some topics to suggest to SANU for research:

The role of SANU in the destruction of Yugoslavia.

The genocide of Bosniaks and Kosovars.