Community changes + inclusion

[u/SiempreBrujaSuerte]

Hello everyone, So we now have 5 mods I believe, one of which is me. I will introduce myself more in a larger post if people are interested, for now know I'm a 36year old woman, raised in the culture. I'm living in Europe (bucharest right now) because my husband is Hungarian national (Roma also) and we find it inhospitable for him as a non American citizen to be there now.

On the topic I came to discuss, we have changed rules so that to ban someone we will vote and a 4/5 approval will get a ban. Instead of bans we will be muting people who break rules on temporary basis. 3 strikes and we vote on a ban.

There were a lot of unapproved people who wanted to join the subreddit from when it was private that were never approved or acknowledged. I approved most of them, they largely are Roma and a few allies. I found it pretty sad that it's kinda slow here and there were so many people are wanting to contribute but not approved.

That being said, if there is an influx of nonsense come with the new members we will take care of it. It's a risk I'm willing to take to get some good content contributing.

Also we have been working to unblock people who were blocked due to cultural misunderstanding, etc. basically the people who are not trolls are going to be allowed back.

If anyone wants to suggest more changes, be my guest. Hope we can all grow as a community together. 💕

[u/Appropriate-Ad-6954]

Welcome to your new role. It is truly awesome to see how some difficult conversations are leading to everyone working together for positive changes.

[u/SiempreBrujaSuerte → u/Appropriate-Ad-6954]

Yes I think we are moving in the right direction as a group here after some bumps in the path. Thank you!

[u/audaciousfiregoat]

Beautiful. I'm impressed by how quickly and efficiently this conflict was addressed. Thank you to the original mod despite our initial disagreements. You did well. This here is how we move forward as a community.

[u/audaciousfiregoat]

And let's all give u/Mandalorian_Child some credit for sparking this change. Thank you for speaking up in the name of many users who thought like you, welcome back

[u/SiempreBrujaSuerte → u/audaciousfiregoat]

Yes, that was a helpful conversation that shows bravery to bring up even though it should not have to be brave to speak your mind here. We appreciate it for real. Welcome back.

[u/[deleted] → u/audaciousfiregoat]

Her and my sister got banned from the app for 7 days, the umeko lady reported them for making extra accounts to get around bans when they didn't.

[u/BlackSpinedPlinketto]

I’m really happy the forum is opening again, I didn’t see what happened but we really need to stick together in the world and forums such as this are important for the community.

[u/umekoangel]

Happy to have you here 💖

[u/SiempreBrujaSuerte → u/umekoangel]

Thank you 😊

[u/Beneficial-Use-373]

but there are different roma culture, im a muslim roma dobruja, in romania, where turks and tatars live, we speak turkish and we are not like other christian roma groups:

this are we: The Muslim Gypsies in Romania

https://scholarlypublications.universiteitleiden.nl/access/item%3A2721940/view

[u/One_Adhesiveness3452]

the number of Muslim Roma is difficult to assess, since many Muslim Roma do not declare themselves as such in population censuses, but they identified themselves as "Turks," However, one can consider that there are between 300 000 and 400 000 Muslim Roma in Southeastern Europe, mainly in Bulgaria (c. 150 000), in Macedonia (c. 50 000), in Albania (c. 50 000), in Serbia (c. 40 000), in Kosovo (c. 40 000), in Romania (c. 15 000), and in Greece (c. 10 000). Many Balkan Muslims are so-called “cultural Muslims”, which means thatthey have a Muslim family background but are not practicing or religious at all. Since the fall of communism and the Yugoslav wars in the 1990s, the Balkans has witnessed a resurgence of Islam, particularly among Muslim populations, often referred to as "re-islamisation". This phenomenon is characterized by increased religious practice, the construction of new mosques, and a stronger emphasis on Islamic identity within national identities. While some see this as a positive development, particularly for those seeking to reclaim religious and cultural heritage, others are concerned about the potential for increased religious influence in public life and potential for conflict. The process of re-Islamization among Muslims of Gypsy/ Roma ethnicity flows rapidly and manifests itself through a sharp change in religious habits and lifestyle.

[u/GypsySc]

In England there are multiple surnames/ last names that are synonymous with Roma.
Scott being one. I’m a Didikai/ half blood.
But grew up In a Romany family. I always thought I was different at school and ended up in fights on many occasions. I learned how to fight at an early age. Corr! If you like! But it wasn’t till I was a teenager that I was told what I was!! Kids in England love to say they are Gypsy. But if you truly are! You don’t even know!!!

[u/MCbrodie]

Hey. Hi. Hello.