February 2012
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French Socialist Party presidential candidate...
In a February 12 interview on Canal Plus TV, François Hollande, Socialist Party candidate for president in the upcoming elections, proposed as a “solution” to the presence in France of Roma European Union (EU) citizens “the creation of camps … to accommodate them”.
The association of a “solution” in relation to specific racial groups with special camps can only bring to mind the period of...
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Shit's Gone Down
So, recently our graduate program director stepped down from his position. He told me why (I had a meeting with him that same day and he asked if I knew the number to my office because he needed to call to say he quit). He explained how the Department Chair was a total bitch to him and had reamed him out for not sending an email back immediately.
I was a bit shaken because he’s my thesis...
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Man, when people respond to appropriation by...
bonjoursex:
It connotes this idea that I should be praising them, that I should be thankful they even bothered to give my grimy, brown, curry-stained culture a second glance. You literally demand that I say thank you when you, in response to my displeasure, tell me, “It’s a compliment.” Didn’t Barney teach you any manners when you were younger? That shit is rude as hell.
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@cause-im-a-gypsy
themindislimitless:
Sorry, I’m tired of answering you and then having word limits so I’m going to answer here now.
In my eyes, they are almost like hippies, minus the drugs.
That is EXACTLY what I mean by it being stereotypically racist! That is NOT who gypsies are!
I live in America. That’s all I am given. Look anywhere online, gypsy & Roma are used interchangeably.
Gypsy and Roma...
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Romea.cz - Anti-Romani article in Czech tabloid is... →
lungodrom:
A recent article published by the Czech tabloid Parlamentní listy about the alleged robbing of the “European Romani Party” - a piece which was most likely pure fiction - was written by freelancer Václav Prokůpek. That same Václav Prokůpek ran as the leading candidate for the lower house on the ticket of the extremist Workers’ Social Justice Party (Dělnická strana sociální...
Anonymous asked: Could you please explain what the phrase Rom Baro means?
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lisipuska replied to your post: could you please upload a video of yourself performing a simple gypsy folk dance, as a tutorial of sorts? i bet a lot of tumblr people would love to learn to move their hips as beautifully as you! namaste pretty lady :)
pe če beng?
dilo bengořo :-p
Anonymous asked: All right, I understand. Sorry for bothering you.
Anonymous asked: could you please upload a video of yourself performing a simple gypsy folk dance, as a tutorial of sorts? i bet a lot of tumblr people would love to learn to move their hips as beautifully as you! namaste pretty lady :)
Anonymous asked: I didn't say you have to. It's just something that I've noticed that has helped other people and it has helped me. Just because I'm anonymous does not mean I'm attacking you.
thefullmetalbitch:
danceswithfaeriesunderthemoon:
thefullmetalbitch started following you
omg yes.
i love you, just so you know.
ok.
I love you too.
Brr, is it cold in here? Or is it me????…..
mygayshoes asked: Reclaiming a word is hugely personal. There's a huge difference between accepting a word onto yourself, and having an anonymous person tell you you should identify as it. I don't see much of a difference between that act, and a forced upon label of your identity. No one but yourself should have that power.
Anonymous asked: No one ever wants the labels put on them, but you can make something good out of everything. Don't tell me I don't understand a power a word has because I do. Being angry at everything just makes life harder, and it's hard enough as it is.
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duskandshiverrr asked: For surplusofthoughts: as a practicing Wiccan of over six years I can assure you that there's a HUGE difference between the witch/Wiccan difference and the offensive racial stereotypes of Rroma and other Walking People and their reality. >.>
Anonymous asked: Why don't you try to re-claim the word 'gypsy'? Instead of yelling that it's offensive, say "I'm gypsy and I'm proud!" instead of trying to get people to know a different word, show them that their assumptions are wrong via your actions.
remorsecode asked: I love you
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As I was walking my dog, someone said "Oh I love...
helloimlulu:
I took a deep breath and prepared to rip into them.
Instead…I just said “I am a Gypsy.”
..picked my phiribe up a notch or two….
and kept walking.
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wewanttobe replied to your photo: Are you diddikai? (half)? Because I think you can…
British Romany people are Romanichal, no? Romanichal means children of the Rroma, I thought? We’re a branch which comes from the European Roma, most of my family are pale
Growing up, I was taught that these were all different.
Romanichal are Romani Chal (Romani children), but they have not remained a...
danceswithfaeriesunderthemoon asked: You are amazing and i admire/respect you so much. I have no idea where you have the patience to deal with these people, but yeah.. well done :3
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voiceofarat replied to your post: What is so wrong, may I ask, about being liking the romanticized version of your culture? It’s like liking witches, the fantasy kind. People know the difference ( most people) because Rroma and “gypsies” as they know what a witch and a Wiccan is. I’m not trying to offend, but I read your post, and it shouldn’t make you feel bad. No one is taking your voice,...
surplusofthoughts asked: What is so wrong, may I ask, about being liking the romanticized version of your culture? It's like liking witches, the fantasy kind. People know the difference ( most people) because Rroma and "gypsies" as they know what a witch and a Wiccan is. I'm not trying to offend, but I read your post, and it shouldn't make you feel bad. No one is taking your voice, really.
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thegapofbrohan asked: 1, 11, 20, 43 :)
Anonymous asked: 24, 28, 37
tvismydj asked: Not an ask: wanted to say thanks for the video of Eugene Hutz discussing failure. THAT. WAS. AWESOME. I love the idea of failure being an essential part of creative inspiration. (Also, *LOLsobbing* at the dingus making the ludicrous claim that being proud of your culture, standing up for it, & advocating for people is the reason people are racists. Say Wha? It's so vacuous it's...
helloimlulu asked: 37, 28!
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wewanttobe:
džulory ladžala: Rromani (Rromanes) word of the day!
helloimlulu:
helloimlulu:
I am going to try to keep up with this, because I want us all to take part!! I am not fluent in Rromani, but I am conversational and I would like that to change.
From what I know, the dialect of Rromani that I am familiar with is either Bugurdzi or Arli (Kosovo) dialect. I…
Another word we have for...
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Rromani (Rromanes) word of the day!
helloimlulu:
I am going to try to keep up with this, because I want us all to take part!! I am not fluent in Rromani, but I am conversational and I would like that to change.
From what I know, the dialect of Rromani that I am familiar with is either Bugurdzi or Arli (Kosovo) dialect. I apologize I am not entirely sure which.
Today, I am very tired and sleepy! So I will choose the word...
dolgemátki: on being called out →
neetainari:
Since this happens every once in a while, even in my blog, let me say this because I’m nice and want to spare your feelings:
IT’S NOT PERSONAL.
The purpose is not to criticize you as a person, except for when it is, and trust me: you will know when it is.
If you feel really bad about what you said or did that provoked the calling-out, it is hopefully just a side-effect of...
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Anonymous asked: 16, 44, 34
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wewanttobe:
danceswithfaeriesunderthemoon:
wewanttobe:
golden-zephyr:
danceswithfaeriesunderthemoon:
Calo word of the day
Chaval, (pronounced; sha-val) means ‘son’ or ‘boy’. It is said to come from the English word, ‘Chav’ and is often used in some parts of Spain as a slang term among Spanish teenagers (Rroma and Gadje alike) to refer to a male friend.
lol, I might do one of these...
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Anonymous asked: #2, 4, 7, 8, and 10.
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heytherefeministcupcake asked: 25 & 47
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danceswithfaeriesunderthemoon:
Calo word of the day
Chaval, (pronounced; sha-val) means ‘son’ or ‘boy’. It is said to come from the English word, ‘Chav’ and is often used in some parts of Spain as a slang term among Spanish teenagers (Rroma and Gadje alike) to refer to a male friend.
lol, I might do one of these every day.
i’m like a dictionary.
In Gurbet Řomani
čhavo...
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hey i'm tagging this with everything possible to...
cornerof5thandvermouth:
i kind of realized i may be Doing It Wrong and would like to not be a huge fuckup
thanks in advance
Rroma and Rromani
are the same as
Roma and Romani
I use Rroma for myself and other people (for example, I am Rroma, she is Rroma), but I would use Rromani to refer to the language (I speak Rromani). Sometimes I also use it for plural (they are Rromani). It’s...
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ismashpatriarchyonthefirstdate:
looking at the gypsy tag crashed my computer.
i wish i was joking.
its that bad.
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Anonymous asked: you're so annoying with the way you think everyone's against you because your a gypsy. Like seriously, no one cares and if you didnt make such a big deal about being gypsy you wouldn't be discriminated against. Just relax dude, its not as bad as you make it out to be.
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Canada is not Heaven
Trigger Warning: Anti-Ziganism.
Nice One, Kenney! Roma Parasites Nailed!
By RossRightAngle on Wordpress.com
How refreshing to hear a Minister of the Crown telling the truth about undesirable ‘asylum-seekers,’ instead of all the left-lib gunk we usually hear.
Hats off to Canada’s Jason Kenney, who accuses Roma parasites of ‘clogging up the system and wasting taxpayer money.’
The...
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My Big Fat . . . Stereotype?
After ‘My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding’ is branded “a work of fiction”, we ask Traveller Isaac Blake what he thinks.
The return of Channel 4’s ‘My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding’ was embroiled in controversy from the beginning. It ran billboard advertisements stating that the new season was ‘Bigger. Fatter. Gypsier’, drawing criticism from travellers’ rights organisations who questioned whether a campaign...