Europe
Romani
they eat christian babies
"gyp" because they came from egypt
"gyp" also a jewish slur
Romani dispersal
India Origins
Film: Roma Rights
General Living Conditions
lived in europe for 1000 years
3rd world living conditions in the 1st world
International Roma Day May 8th
when India acknowledged Roma
No water, No electricity
No jobs
No schooling
15 Years less life expectancy than other countries
2 million Roma in Bulgaria
4 out of 10 Roma live on less than 2 bucks a day
The ultimate ghetto
Bulgaria and Romania
10% of the population is Roma
2004
Romani join Counsel of Europe
Signifigance of Hungary
6% of the population
first Roma member of European Parliament
"Decade of Inclusion"
Transnational Nation
requires long-term financial committments
Governments are responsible for the Roma!
There is a barrier between Romani and Bulgarians
Globalization: The connection of Romani television to each other
creating Romani pride!
Roma are at the forefront of Globalization because Roma know how to live with others
Education Circumstances
language
Roma only classrooms
1 in 5 Roma do not progress past primary school
Roma children speak Romani, so they are not generally great with the national language
Integration needs to happen
Employment Circumstances
Roma isolation is increasing in capitalism
"Everyone gets paid"
Known for Music
Boban Markovic
Positive Stereotyping
These negros are good with pluckin
Discrimination
2007
Traian Basecu, President of Romania during an interview called a roma interviewer a "Stinky Gypsy"
2011
French Deportations
Memo says Sarkozy- "Sortez-Vous Gypsy Connards!"
Madonna
Says Romani are cool.
Romanians say NO, NO, NO
Why?
Nomads
Different languages
Persecution - Slavery
Porajmos
holocaust is inadvertedly ethnocentric
holocaust from a historically relativist point of view
Europe
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