#antiziganism

[geminibubblegumbitch]

I'm not saying people never say this about other marginalized groups, I have certainly seen it, but...

Jews and Romani are the only marginalized groups where I almost always (if not not always) find at least two fuckers commenting "Well, why are they hated?" or "They're hated for good reason. They're greedy/thieves/baby stealers/etc!" whenever someone brings up how horrendously these 2 groups have been treated for centuries.

The victim blaming is insane! If people say this about anyone else nowadays, they'll get jumped in the comments. But I rarely ever see more than a few people calling this out when someone says it about Jews, and slim to none when it's said about Roma.

[straightlightyagami]

hello “anti racist” european, before you is a mention of romani people. to survive you have to not turn into hitler. begin

[magnetothemagnificent]

Saw this on Instagram and I had to share:

Non-Jews put International Holocaust Remembrance Day on the day Auschwitz was liberated in order to fashion themselves the heroes of the story. I choose to remember their cowardice instead, the cowardice of the entire world in allowing atrocities to proceed and in closing their doors to us at the critical moment. We, not you, are the heroes of the story, because we are still alive and breathing oxygen into our ancient civilization. And we no longer have to ask for your permission first.

[credit: blakeflayton ]

[vasilissadragomir]

i do enjoy olivia rodrigo’s music and i think the new song is really nice, but i just wish they’d chosen a roma singer, or even an indigenous american singer, for the ABOSAS single. especially since they didn’t cast a roma actor (no shade to rachel) as lucy gray, it does feel like they’re minimizing the overt roma-coding of the covey, which is SUCH a massive layer to understanding the oppression of the capitol not just as an authoritarian regime, but as a colonizing entity of an indigenous and nomadic population

[becausegoodheroesdeservekidneys]

The post you reblogged the accidental hyper defensiveness comment on - I clicked through to the blog, saw the post below it said "retard" "gypsy with downs" and "or you're a Jew and" then invited the asker to kill themselves and I went ... They probably were hyperdefensive in the notes of one of your posts and I just got on with my life. It makes the hilarity of the situation less funny knowing OP says shit like that.

...oh. Oh, well. I feel less bad now, anyway

[fancylala4]

Someone is showing how harmful this design of Flynn the cradle robber is and dumbass bitches on twitter are wishing they went with this design instead…

[fondofcowboys]

here's my very all over the place feelings on certain aspects of baldur's gate 3 as a romani immigrant. warnings for spoilers of course. mind you i have not finished the game yet!

1. i really can't believe there aren't more people talking about the very blatant racism in astarion's questline. im quite sure it's because the game already touches on it, even giving you the choice to call astarion a racist, and also because everytime we roma talk about anything that makes us uncomfortable we're immediately shunned and "well actually!"'d.

the problem is that it feels Extra icky because the man who was the inspiration for the original dracula, Vlad the Impaler, kept romani slaves. this is the ONLY part of vampire history that, no matter how different the media, will always stay relevant for some reason.

castlevania has the seekers, a nomadic group of magic users who pass their history down orally. while they are *mostly* treated well, the first arc of the show literally shows them being hunted out of town for the simple act of existing.

vampire the masquerade... well.. that's an entire other can of racism worms.

curse of strahd has the "vistani", a nomadic group of people who are treated like third class citizens everywhere they go, and are of course, most known for being tarot readers and drunkards.

the vampire diaries have the "travellers", who get called "gypsies" explicitly as a derogatory word by other vampires.

i want you to take any vampire media you enjoy and ask yourself, "is there anti-roma racism in this?". i guarantee you, if you look for it, you're going to find it. for SOME reason, the only thing that stays consistent with all these different vampire IPs, is that romani people are hated and scrutinized at every moment of their lives.

i MORE than understand that astarion's racial insensitivity is part of him. it's part of what makes him malleable by the player. you can help him understand why he's wrong, or you can lead him down a worse path.

i still reserve the right to feel some sort of way about astarion sacrificing fantasy-romani children for power, willingly. don't get me wrong, he's my favourite character, right up there with halsin. which is why i obviously have so many feelings about this.

(yes, the Gur were written inspired by romani people, if you were not aware)

2. the anti-immigrant sentiment is such an inherent part of the story that i did not think was going to stick around for SO long. i dont really have much to say about this, i think i should've expected it. as a fan of dragon age (i know, tragic) i'm quite used to unnecessary fantasy racism everywhere i go, i just hoped it wouldn't be part of the main crucial story.

3. larian studios i am so so so thankful for the halsin romance. eternally. forever and ever. he's my pookie bear and i'm so grateful some extra time was made to create a romance for him.

can i ask you why the hell does halsin want to LEAVE. At The End. i've noticed how much he contradicts himself throughout his questline and i just... I don't know. i've seen some other people complaining about how non-chalantly he talks about being a sex slave and i understand too, but i think it's part of his character to not take the horrible things that happened to him seriously like he does with others. that, or someone at larian took an unknown substance that led them to make halsin Very inconsistent.

with the poly situation, some people are strictly polyamorous! some people are strictly non-monogamous and do not feel comfortable being in a monogamous relationship. i understand the frustration everyone, but that's how halsin is. i dont know if that was the writers' intention, but that's certainly what he comes across as to me; strictly non-monogamous.

what i DONT understand is why he says he only wants you, calls you "my heart", is so fondly and lovingly attached to you, and then he just.... Dips? Whatever. I'm ignoring that part forever. it's not canon to ME!

anyways. yeah. feel free to Engage in some Friendly conversation. emphasis on friendly, for the love of g-d

[kropotkindersurprise]

December 5, 2022 - Riots broke out in Thessaloniki and Athens after 16-year old Roma boy Kostas Fragoulis was shot in the head and killed by a motorcycle cop for stealing €20 worth of fuel at a gas station. [video]/[video]

[luckys-last-brain-cell]

In light of some pretty shocking anti-Romani racism from some of the Jewish community on Reddit, not so friendly reminder:

Romani rights are human rights.

The Romani people were victims of the Holocaust.

There are still pogroms being carried out against Romani people across Europe. Spain just executed one a month or so ago.

We need to do better.

[e-von-dahl]

I love luke black and I assume it wasn’t intentional but the song gypsy is just… yikes

Gypsy is a racial slur for romani people, it doesn’t mean “wanderer” or “free spirit”, it means “all brown people look the same to us so we’re just gonna assume you’re from egypt”

The whole “gypsy magic” thing is a racial stereotype, and so is the “romani seductress” trope

There are definitely people who can explain this better than I can and I recommend listening to romani people explain the history and meaning behind these stereotypes

[wolf-tail]

[lemongrass77777-moved]

love how when White European men are sexist and misogynistic it’s treated as being fine and normal, but when a man of color is sexist and misogynistic it’s treated as damning evidence that everyone else in that ethnic group are bigots and horrible people. And if you spread positivity about that culture you’re also a horrible bigot trying to excuse/erase sexism. And also the people saying these things never do anything to help the woman and the other people oppressed by misogyny in that people group. I love it so much(I want to punch a wall)

[magnetothemagnificent]

Non-Roma Goy: *Never talks about the Holocaust or about the history of the Holocaust, doesn't care about the Holocaust otherwise, literally couldn't tell you what "Auschwitz" was or what different shape badges meant on prisoners or what the Final Solution was or when the Holocaust actually started or....*

Non-Roma Goy when they see a post about antisemitism: "ACTUALLY THE NAZIS DIDN'T JUST TARGET JEWS THEY TARGETED *MY* IDENTITY TOOOO AND ALSO I DON'T HATE NAZIS FOR WHAT THEY DID TO THE JEWS I HATE NAZIS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T LIKE *MY* IDENTITY! WHY AREN'T YOU TALKING ABOUT MEEEEEEEE??????????"

[tuiliel]

A much better take on how to improve your allyship to the Roma community, and, spoilers, it starts with acknowledgement of the role the Romani played in the popularization of tarot reading (although as she says, it was not invented by then and is not a closed practice), getting that g**sy slur out of your vocabulary, and not dressing like a racist caricature when you do readings. Also, check out the links at the bottom for more reading material.

[existingtm]

Honestly, the lack of care about antiziganism is mind boggling to me and I'm not even affected by it. People are so fucking casual about it too, like???

The energy is pretty much, "Can't even say [g slur] now. People are so sensitive. 🙄"

And with antisemitism on the rise, I really doubt people are suddenly going to turn around their attitudes about Roma people. It's so gross and I'm really sorry to everyone who has to deal with this shit and not have it taken seriously.