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[+] -11 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I'm under the impression many Europeans mistake Romanis for Romanians. This could be one of the reason I Romanians are very harsh towards their Romani minority (so I heard): they don't want the stigma of "the country of thieves". But I obviously disagree with the stereotype that all Romani are thieves.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Is there any language that actually calls the Romani?

    In English I hear "gypsy" more often, in Spanish "gitano". Neither of them can be confused with "romanian".

    In Spain at least Romanians already have a stigma of being thieves, don't need to confuse them with gypsies to be racist against them.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    they is a lot of different culture of nomad people in Europe, that's why their is so may words. Gypsy, Yenish, Manouche, Romani, Tzigane, ...

    However, their are stigmatized the same, through tziganophobia.

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