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How fighting oppression and patriarchy led me to my own Romani feminism

Por: Los Angeles Times Opinion May 09, 2023

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I grew up along Romania’s Black Sea coast. My father was the first in his family to graduate from university, and my mother went to a vocational school. Being educated was unusual in our Romani community. My parents raised me with a deep sense of justice and dignity. They told me to be proud of being Roma, while non-Romani people told me there was something wrong with me. My parents still preserved some aspects of traditional Romani culture:... + full article



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