every holocaust memorial day, i always ask people to keep romani people in their thoughts, but this year iβd like to clear up some misconceptions that i see every year w/ a psa
romani people are not white. weβre south asian (from northern india), and each subgroup has a unique racial makeup of asian/white/etc, in different amounts. this is also why we vary wildly in physical appearance/skintone
we still face oppression.Β what we face, especially in europe, can still be constituted as attempted genocide, as weβre forced to live in hazardous conditions or to give away our children, be sterilized, etc just for the crime of being roma
theΒ βg slurβ isnβt just an american issue. the reason some european roma preferΒ the slur is because, in many countries, there is no term for roma that isnβt a slur, and itβs either the g slur or the literal translation of the n word. iβm romanian, and if you used the slur in my hometown, youβd get slapped, since we just useΒ βromaβ.
we live in every continent across the world.Β some of the largest romani populations exist in south america, predominantly in brazil. they are no more and no less roma than their european counterparts, and they, like romani in asia, africa, etc all face unique challenges and oppression.
weβre the largest ethnic minority in europe, and yet have almost no political power, no land ownership power (in some places, weβre forbidden from owning land entirely), etc. with very few reputable charities- a lot of us reject charity by principle, as well as there being a general lack of education about us- the best thing you can do to help romani people is to just spread information, and help individuals when you can.
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