So like I kinda just wanna put this out there.
After reading everything that happened, I'm like feeling...icky
Friendly reminder that jews were not the only ones effected by the holocaust and like as a romani person, I don't really care if you're jewish because if I see you making a joke like that and then DEFENDING it that way, it's basically how I feel every single time romani people are conveniently omitted from an ashkenazi jewish retelling of the holocaust.
@metro Yep. Usually the retelling goes 'jews, lgbtq+ and other groups'.
'other groups' is a funny way to collectively refer to exterminating between 25 and 50% of all Romani people, estimated about half a million in total but sure, other groups.
i've even seen like pictures of the concentration camp patches where ours just aren't on the display at all.
it's gut wrenching tbh.
@metro Thank you because that's a WONDERFUL way of putting it in words I'm not sure I would have come up with myself.
And it's honestly okay. It's been a long time custom that roma people lie about being other ethnicities because we are acutely aware of how rampant antiziganism can be, especially in europe where it's practically socially acceptable.
It's why I'm usually happy to talk about it. I gave up the tradition of hiding a long time ago.
@metro absolutely.
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It's just as well. I try to limit my social media time for my mental health so I'm more active on messengers anyway. :)
@roshollow hm, that didn't work for me...
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