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Not familiar with Roma, whats wrong with them?

by akudha 5y ago

inglor_cz 5y ago
Recently (1940s-1950s) forcibly settled former nomads whose culture hasn't yet made the necessary switch. To be fair, it took our Neolithic ancestors much longer than a few generations to adapt, too. Basically, not enough education and a lot of crime in the community. Combined with enormous brain drain, because whoever manages to succeed a bit, moves away and marries into the majority population, thus disappearing as a potential positive influence. This is one of the notorious ghettos in Slovakia, a neighbourhood called Luník IX: https://goo.gl/maps/KPnGTyBtX3NDTpdP6 https://goo.gl/maps/KPnGTyBtX3NDTpdP6
- akudha 5y ago
  Thank you. That is one scary looking building!
- CommieBobDole 5y ago
  The other side of that same building looks even worse: https://goo.gl/maps/awS5Khbe17tqS18m9 https://goo.gl/maps/awS5Khbe17tqS18m9
baskethead 5y ago
They are gypsies, aren’t they?
- bboreham 5y ago
  “Gypsies [is] pejorative due to its connotations of illegality and irregularity as well as its historical use as a racial slur.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romani_people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romani_people
  - baskethead 5y ago
    Interesting I didn’t know that. Learn a new thing every day. I’ll remember this for the next time, thanks.
    - mensetmanusman 5y ago
      Too bad there isn’t a list of offensive terms that is updated daily. Even saying ‘Happy Holiday’s’ is apparently offensive.
  - unmole 5y ago
    > many other languages, regarding cognates of the word, such as French: Tzigane, Spanish: gitano, Italian: zingaro and Portuguese: cigano, this perception is either very small or non-existent.
mschuster91 5y ago
Anti-ziganism at work, it's a tried European tradition dating back hundreds of years (per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Romani_sentiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Romani_sentiment). Basically, an awful lot of cliches and self-fulfilling prophecies (such as limiting the employment of Sinti and Roma because of a fear of them being criminal leading to the affected going the criminal route just to survive).

Not familiar with Roma, whats wrong with them?

by akudha 5y ago

Not familiar with Roma, whats wrong with them?

Recently (1940s-1950s) forcibly settled former nomads whose culture hasn't yet made the necessary switch. To be fair, it took our Neolithic ancestors much longer than a few generations to adapt, too. Basically, not enough education and a lot of crime in the community. Combined with enormous brain drain, because whoever manages to succeed a bit, moves away and marries into the majority population, thus disappearing as a potential positive influence. This is one of the notorious ghettos in Slovakia, a neighbourhood called Luník IX: https://goo.gl/maps/KPnGTyBtX3NDTpdP6 https://goo.gl/maps/KPnGTyBtX3NDTpdP6

akudha 5y ago
Thank you. That is one scary looking building!
CommieBobDole 5y ago
The other side of that same building looks even worse: https://goo.gl/maps/awS5Khbe17tqS18m9 https://goo.gl/maps/awS5Khbe17tqS18m9

baskethead 5y ago

They are gypsies, aren’t they?

bboreham 5y ago
“Gypsies [is] pejorative due to its connotations of illegality and irregularity as well as its historical use as a racial slur.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romani_people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romani_people
- baskethead 5y ago
  Interesting I didn’t know that. Learn a new thing every day. I’ll remember this for the next time, thanks.
  - mensetmanusman 5y ago
    Too bad there isn’t a list of offensive terms that is updated daily. Even saying ‘Happy Holiday’s’ is apparently offensive.
- unmole 5y ago
  > many other languages, regarding cognates of the word, such as French: Tzigane, Spanish: gitano, Italian: zingaro and Portuguese: cigano, this perception is either very small or non-existent.

mschuster91 5y ago

Anti-ziganism at work, it's a tried European tradition dating back hundreds of years (per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Romani_sentiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Romani_sentiment). Basically, an awful lot of cliches and self-fulfilling prophecies (such as limiting the employment of Sinti and Roma because of a fear of them being criminal leading to the affected going the criminal route just to survive).