Hi
Im an albanian girl, and have to say that I am very proud to see that someone is trying to make a change in this crazy world. Right now i dont live in albanian/kosovo but my visits to Kosovo maked me feel very bad. I saw so many diskriminations against the roma people, especilly in my hometown. I thought the albanian learnd a lesson when they got diskriminated by the serbian people but fourtinitly not. When you talk about the kids begging for money or food , i rekognize my self. I saw so many kids in Kosovo begging for food and the owners just throw them our. Its like no one does a thing to make theire life better. I think this is a huge problem. I really hope that theire situation will change for something better.

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Many people are ignornat but just google the term Roma Roma in Greek and will see that is now frequently used in the media and by authorities.

Panayote:
Is Roma a term known by most of the Greeks.  I asked my Greek sister in-law who is 30 years old, university educated here in Greece and she had no idea what a "ROMA" was.  She thought "anthiganos" was an appropriate term, as well as Gyftos.  Also, she said a Tsiganos is a different type of gypsy (roma) who is more clean than the regular gypsy (roma).
I wonder if this is a common view among Greeks or is my sister-in-law just ignorant?  I don’t think she means them any harm but I’ve updated her on the proper terms.

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Well, it took me a while to realise, but I know who you are and I have asked you not to post here. Your last indignant comment gave you away.

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Sorry people, I have been away from my machine a couple of days and I see several racist comments have slipped by me. I catch most and delete them without anyone seeing. Apologies to everyone for the offense that has been caused.

Let me help with an answer to Smitty. By the way, I am disgusted that the Anonymous racist crap is still posted above and in the education thread.In Greek gyftos better translated as gyp gypo is pejorative and insulting. Rom and Tsiganos are the acceptable -by them- terms. Then there is the term athiganos which was the official authorities’ designaiton of the group, equally unacceptable today.

I’ve read on your blog that the word "Gypsy" is a pejorative. Is this true or is this a position you’ve taken on your blog. It’s the first time I’ve heard that it is a bad word. I’ve heard "ROMA" referred to as Gypsies for years as well as movies in Hollywood with the term "Gypsy" used as well as the music band "Gypsy King".
Could you enlighten me a bit on the term, and also what’s the difference between a Gypsy (Roma) and a Tzigano (another term I’ve heard).
No disrespect meant, just curious that’s all.
P.S. I tried posting this several times in different places but it didn’t work.  Is there something wrong with wordpress today?

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Well I don’t know No to Communism, is it fair ? No it isn’t.

DD said:  "Because it is easier to throw someone in jail than to deal with the problems that led her to steal milk for her baby."
Well, why not just divide all the money of the world equally and we can all the live in the Communist idealism.  Ok, no one goes hungry, but then again it’s a boring world when we all wear plaid and sing the same song.
Risk and success/failure is what makes the world go round.  Some succeed and others fail.  It’s just part of life.
Is it wrong that the Roma get a bad deal?  Probably, but hey that’s life.  When my Dad died of lung cancer at 50, was that fair?