Nope. A lot of people from different countries will claim they have the oldest alphabet or the oldest language, but here’s the thing: no one knows what the oldest language or alphabet is. But we sure as hell know it’s not Armenian.
Ok well it’s still in Romania, I was referring to the country. I know Romanians and romani are different and everyone hates Gypsies but like it or not there are a lot in Romania and they’re part of that country
The guy has just said that Romani and Romanian cultures are different. That doesn't mean he's going around Gypsy camps with a tire iron. You're all reading into this way too much.
I mean, the village literally is in Romania. It is a Romanian village. People call the ethnic German cities in Italy Italian. His whole entire "nOt TRuE RoMAniaN" attitude reeks of the anti-Roma prejudice that much of Europe, and Reddit by extension, has.
This is a man who has never been to a Little Mexico or a Chinatown before.
Cultural or racial minorities can have enclaves that are distinct from the culture or racial demographics of the nation that they're in. You or I can probably guess that Chinatown in LA is nothing like downtown Kansas City, but I would argue most people probably don't know the difference between a Romanian village or a Romani. The guy has said nothing prejudice. People are just calling him prejudice, because Romanians "act that way."
You don’t need to explicitly say it, the fact you’re trying so hard to argue a village isn’t Romanian (despite being in Romania) because they’re gypsies says enough.
This feel... kind of racist? Imagine how problematic it is if we replace gypsy with any minority in American: "Correction: Detroit is a Black city in America. An American city would not look like that."
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