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Romani Americans (Romani: romani-amerikani) are Americans who have full or partial Romani ancestry. It is estimated that there are one million Romani people in the United States. Though the Romani population in the United States has largely assimilated into American society, the largest concentrations are in Southern California, the Pacific ...
American Gypsy is a funk music group formed in Los Angeles that achieved its greatest success in the Netherlands. [1][2] In 1974, they had a top ten hit on the Single Top 100 Dutch pop music chart. [3] The group has performed under various names, including: Blue Morning, Orpheus and Pasadena Ghetto Orchestra. [4]
In the English language, Romani people have long been known by the exonym Gypsies or Gipsies, [91] which many Roma consider a racial slur. [ 92 ] [ 93 ] The attendees of the first World Romani Congress in 1971 unanimously voted to reject the use of all exonyms for the Romani, including "Gypsy". [ 94 ]
e. 1552 woodcut of a Romani family. The Romani people are a distinct ethnic and cultural group of peoples living all across the globe, who share a family of languages and sometimes a traditional nomadic mode of life. [1] Though their exact origins were unclear, [2] recent studies show Kashmir in Northwest India is the most probable point of ...
Hungarian-Slovak Roma or Balshade [1] immigrated to the United States in the late 19th century, many from (Sáros in Hungary and Zemplín counties) Košice, Slovakia.They settled in the cities of Braddock, Homestead, Johnstown, and Uniontown, Pennsylvania; Cleveland and Youngstown, Ohio; Detroit and Delray, Michigan; Gary, Indiana; Chicago, and New York City and Las Vegas. [2]
Gypsy Travellers in 19th Century Society by David Mayall – A guide to the life and culture of the Romani gypsies of Britain in the 19th century. The Gypsies, Wagon Time and After by Denis Harvey – The Romanichal wagon its history use and construction. We are the Romani People by Ian Hancock – A look into the different types of Romani people
Gypsy pled guilty to second-degree murder in 2016, avoiding trial with a plea deal. She earned a 10-year minimum for second-degree murder in the state of Missouri but was released early in ...
Anti-Romani sentiment (also called antigypsyism, anti-Romanyism, antiziganism, ziganophobia, or Romaphobia) is a form of bigotry which consists of hostility, prejudice, discrimination, racism and xenophobia which is specifically directed at Romani people (Roma, Sinti, Iberian Kale, Welsh Kale, Finnish Kale, Horahane Roma, and Romanichal).