“But on one occasion he was lost for words. 'If it's all as bad as you describe,' asked an inconspicuous young man at the end of one of the lectures, 'then why did you choose to become a Gypsy?' His image of Gypsies had marked them as a mere lifestyle, a fashion, a brand.” CultureEducationRacismSocial JusticeGypsyCultural AppropriationStereotypingRomaniRomani Gypsies Book:I Met Lucky People: The Story of the Romani Gypsies Source: I Met Lucky People: The Story of the Romani Gypsies
“So entrenched is our fictional image of Gypsies that we often brush aside real-world experiences as a mirage when they contradict the picture that we have absorbed and internalized.” CultureRacismGypsyRomaArts And HumanitiesStereotypingRomaniRomani Gypsies Book:I Met Lucky People: The Story of the Romani Gypsies Source: I Met Lucky People: The Story of the Romani Gypsies
“But I do hold the view that we need to rethink and revise our picture of the Romani people and to move away from the literary images and brands, and on to understanding the real everyday lives and aspirations of a real people.” RacismStereotypesGypsyRomaStereotypingGypsiesRomaniRomani Gypsies Author:Yaron Matras