Tomorrow is National Rromani Day!
Rromani are a diasporic people from south asia, mostly scattered across Europe.
Rromani are treated appallingly through out Europe- sterilizations, segregated education, mass evictions, attempted mass deportations of actual citizens, illegal registries made by governments to track peaceful Rromani citizens, and not surprisingly crime against Rroma often goes unpunished. Oh, and these are the current issues.
To Non-Rromani- Dont call us G*psies, its a racial slur stemming from the fact that people thought we came from Egypt.Ā
To Non-Rromani- Dont call yourselves G*psies. It aināt your word to reclaim, and dressing up like a bellydancer doesnāt make you Rromani. Iām looking at you Rennfair people.
Other than that, if you have the time, show support for your Rromani friends. Whether its looking up current articles and educating yourself, deciding to eradicate G*psy from your vocabulary if you didnt know it was a slur, or just reblogging their April 8th selfie with a kind word. Showing support will mean a lot.