Luca Váradi aims to understand the formation of the Hungarian teenagers' attitudes towards the
Roma as adolescence is a crucial period in identity development. Her objective is to determine
to what extent the classical and more recent theories on the formation of prejudice can be
applied in a context in which there is no public consensus of respect towards minorities. The
author lets the teenagers express their own views to see their world through their eyes
allowing the reader to understand what being prejudiced or tolerant means to these adolescents.
