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Yesterday I turned on the docu channel. And there was a docu about Roma Gypsies from Bulgaria. They are a certain tribe, I forgot what their name was, but a certain sub-group, and they organise bride markets, where a guy saves up to 10.000 $ to buy a woman. They said they are very strict, the parents force the daughters into marriage, if the prize is big enough. They also paint their faces with make up so they will look as if they have lighter skin, because they said males prefer light skinned girls. Also the woman must be virigin, if she is not virgin, no one other will marry her, and the guy who marries doesnt need to pay, because no other male will marry her. They said it is time, that the roma break with their traditions, and they had some roma feminists talking about it. That being said I agree with all that, but I must say that is a insignificant small group, a certain sub-group and the general roma dont do that at all. That they always portray roma as outcasts to civilisation, and either as like in this docu with bride market, and oppressing women, and such or as criminals, is anti-roma to me. Because I know roma in my family who work or who finished higher school and work and who dont arrange marriages at all. I know that like this. But I never saw a other portrayal of roma in the media. My mums brother step-son finished nursing college, now he works as nurse, and for serbian standards earns good, and finances rent for his own apartment, he is friends with all types of people not only roma. They could have interviewed such a guy, Im sure there are more such guys. Also I never hear or see when Roma get maltreated, or killed, or set on fire, I learn that only in roma social media operated by roma themselfes, or that a policeman killed roma for stealing trees in the wood, but probably they are just poor bastards who have no means of heating themselfes in winter, and the police killed a father and son for it. I learned that on roma media. Also I learned a romni is miss czech republic and now miss elegance in miss globe, and among top 15 of miss globe awards. That is also never in TV or mainstream media.
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