• rozako [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    Oh for sure a PR stunt. Can’t think of one EU country that doesn’t have — at the very least — severe antiziganism. Fuck all of Europe honestly. Even the “better” countries are so horrible.

    • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Thanks for the new word, also:

      Antiziganism is hostility, prejudice, discrimination or racism which is specifically directed at Romani people. Non-Romani itinerant groups in Europe such as the Yenish, Irish and Scottish Travellers are often given the misnomer "gypsy" and confused with the Romani people.

      Ok that explains so much. I keep seeing "gypsies" portrayed in western media and found it so bizarre that it's always white people playing them. I guess it's a part of this confusion, rather than typical Hollywood white washing.

      • rozako [she/her]
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        4 years ago

        sometimes the characters are meant to be Romani still but can excuse it cause “there’s no Romani actours” or whathave you. There was this one show Hemlock Grove I think where the character was Romani but was a white guy who spoke the language in like 4 different dialects lol.