Author’s Note Gypsies are a Romani ethnic group whose ancestors migrated from India to Europe in the 1300’s. They are a nomadic group with a distinctive way of living in todays society. These Romani people have created their own sort of language‚ professions‚ social structure‚ customs‚ mores‚ and spiritual beliefs. These things have made them the unique subculture they are. Because they are so different from the norm in society‚ there are many misconceptions of the Romani people. Most of these misunderstandings
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stereotypes. The Romani culture‚ for example‚ is a very unique culture that suffers a great deal of persecution. Due to their tendency to frequently move‚ the Romany people have repeatedly been called the degrading name‚ gypsies. Other names in which they have been known by include "Tisane‚ Tisane‚ Cigna‚ Iguana‚ and others" (Curbed‚ November 1996). Their nomadic lifestyle and unusual characteristics have caused a great deal of distrust with other cultures. The Romani ethnic group can be
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Introduction: T hroughout history human culture has proven itself humans greatest evolutionary adaptation however it has proven costly for many. Some cultures have thrived and died off and others have suffered and survived. The Roma people exemplify the latter of the previous sentence. They have quite a diverse geographical and cultural history ranging from India to North America. They have shown themselves‚ their culture‚ to be quite adaptive. They have endured many hardships from extreme poverty
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Racism‚ (neo-)colonialism‚ and social justice: the struggle for the soul of the Romani movement in post-socialist Europe Nidhi Trehan and Angela Kóczé For Reference “Postcolonial racism and social justice: the struggle for the soul of the Romani civil rights movement in the ‘New Europe’ ” by Angela Kocze and Nidhi Trehan‚ in Racism‚ Postcolonialism‚ Europe ed. G. Huggan‚ Liverpool: Liverpool University Press‚ 2009 ‚ pp.50-77 ‘It’s not of air and eternity‚ evil isn’t; it’s of earth; it’s physical
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Roman Payne‚ “The Wanderess.” The History and Geography of Gypsies Generations of homeless wanderers known as Roma/Romani‚ or gypsies‚ currently traverse the vast and varied landscapes of Europe‚ making up one of the largest minority groups in that realm. This research paper uses the disciplines of physical‚ historical and cultural geography to explore the migration of Romani‚ as well as to explain the cohesion of gypsy society. Unfortunately‚ as history will show‚ the story of the gypsies is one of exploitation and
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The first and to date only reliable assertion of the origin of word Gypsy for the members of “specific” group‚ dates back to 1068. At that time the Georgian monah st. George Antonski‚ from the monastery of Iviron (Greece) reports to his people that on the mountain of Athos in the time between 1001 and 1026 a group of “Athiganos” arrived. The word Athigatos or Acinkan in Greek would be “untouchable”. Different synonyms of this word were used later as name for “that” nation around Europe. In literature
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introduced to the Romani during this period. The Romani people share language with both the Persians and Romani since it was the language of the administration and the militia‚ and widely spoken throughout the area. Persian was the military language of the Seljuks who had invaded Northern India‚ so it served as the lingua franca amongst the Romanies’ who were captives of war. They migrated to first to Eastern Europe and other areas such as North Africa and Asia. They were characterized as people who were
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Black‚ Muslim‚ Homosexual and Roma people. The latter is the one we will be focusing on in this essay. In Spain‚ Roma or Romani people are commonly known as “gitanos”‚ a word that directly translates to “gypsy”‚ but has lost in the Spanish language the pejorative connotation that the latter contains . Gitanos in Spain belong to Iberian Kale group‚ and most speak a language called Caló‚ which basically blends a range of regional Spanish dialects with loan words of Romani descent. Most of them‚ however
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whom we can assume is of middle or higher class‚ assimilated and integrated into the immediate general society thus they "don’t really count." Yet we see in both statements that both use the same word to label two seemingly very different groups of people. This leads to the question‚ what commonality do they share that led to them being labeled a "Gypsy" even though they have obviously assimilated into society? There must be some type of ethnic culture that defined them beyond the culture of poverty
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upon some people in the world at that time. Our protagonist in this story is a Jew‚ but many other people were prejudiced against during the time period. The "gypsies"‚ as they were called‚ were ostracized by the Nazis‚ as well as the Jehovah’s Witnesses‚ the Roma‚ the homosexuals‚ and the mentally and physically disabled. They were all selected out‚ and sent to various camps and Facilities‚ where they were tested upon and killed without cause. Merely because of belief or disability‚ people were killed
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