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: : Dear P. Lee,
:
: Your charming and considerate opinion is
: duly--and dully--noted. You are correct
: that I am not full-blooded. I'm somewhat
: over a quarter Romani, in fact, being Sinti
: on my mother's side and Czech Roma on my
: father's. Our DNA has recently been
: evaluated, tracing us directly back to
: India, so if you want to say I'm not a true
: Romni, go ahead. My blood and family
: heritage say otherwise.
:
: As for your line "jes cuz you great
: great grandma told you sum Gypsy thing, so
: waht?" One of my great-great Romani
: grandmothers was killed by Ellis Island; the
: other, thanks to WWII, we don't even know
: what happened to her--and thank you very
: much for implying insults at the dead! The
: daughter of the first mentioned, my
: great-grandmother, Anna, was a traditional
: Romani herb healer. The son of the second
: was driven out of his hometown in Moravia by
: the Gadje community specifically because he
: dared to go against the way they expected
: Roma to act.
:
: My family has never been ashamed of our
: heritage. Indeed, having lost roughly 30
: people in Porrejmos, we wouldn't dare feel
: shame for what we are, for it would be a
: diservice to the dead.
:
: And how dare you presume to know ANYTHING
: about my ancestors or ancestresses; about my
: family in general! Most of my family's so
: dark-skinned we routinely get mistaken for
: Native American and Mexican; have gotten
: constant racism because of what we either
: are or are perceived as being. My father,
: in his youth, was even mistaken for being an
: actual Indian from India, he was so dark--so
: how dare you disdain us, you pompous toad!
:
: You want to insult me and say that I'm not
: good enough to talk to? Fine. But DO NOT
: insult my ancestors or my family. Many were
: Rom and Romnis with pride and
: self-respect--and a great deal more
: compassion, evidently, than you are capable
: of!
:
: Roma means "human beings." I came
: here to talk with human beings. And,
: sincerely, I assure you, I'll survive your
: ignoring me, for, quite simply, you do not
: demonstrate the caliber of humanity of those
: I would wish to speak to.
:
: G.
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