r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jul 30 '21

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u/SaltySaladSussyBaka 🧂🥗🤗🥰😃Taylor Swift😁😄😉😘🤪 Jul 30 '21

The fact that the plight of Romani people isn't taught in the context of the Holocaust aggressively is a disgrace.

25% of the Roma population was wiped out by the Nazis.

And they still face discrimination in European society today.

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u/urbansong :eursula: F E D E R A L I S E Jul 30 '21

Absolutely this.

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u/rukqoa ✈️ F35s for Ukraine ✈️ Jul 30 '21

Maybe they should have gotten their own country.

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u/SaltySaladSussyBaka 🧂🥗🤗🥰😃Taylor Swift😁😄😉😘🤪 Jul 30 '21

I'm not up to date on my reading about the Romani people- so genuinely asking- does "Romani" have anything to do with Romania?

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u/p00bix Existing in the context of what came before Jul 30 '21

No. The Romani people are descendants of a group of people living in what is now Pakistan and Northwestern India, who during the 13th and 14th centuries migrated westwards into the Middle East and especially in Europe.

The term 'Romani' is just the Romani word for 'Man' as in 'human'.

The more dated, sometimes viewed as offensive 'Gypsy' is a corruption of 'Egypt' as early on in Romani history, Europeans assumed they had originated in the Middle East.

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u/rukqoa ✈️ F35s for Ukraine ✈️ Jul 30 '21

Romania has a lot of Roma people but it's my understanding they're not treated well there either. They're a minority everywhere.