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The Roma community in Spain
Facts and stereotypes
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HISTORY
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Arrival
• The Roma community arrived to Spain around the
1415 trough the Pyrenees
• The presented themselves as Egyptian nobles
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Egipciano = From Egypt
Gitano = Gypsy
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Arrival
• The Roma community arrived to Spain around the
1415
• The presented themselves as Egyptian nobles
• Well integrated: Participated in trade and social life
of the local communities
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Catholic Kings
• 1499: Forced conversion to Christianity & stop of
nomadism or eviction.
• Some of them settle down in the outskirts of the towns,
where criminals and other marginalized communities
used to live à Non-Roma community will associate the
Roma community with their actions.
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XVIII Century
• The King Fernando VII allows and promotes the
systematic prosecution of all gypsies to “arrest and
extinguish them”
• The King Carlos III forbids the discrimination of
gipsies in the guilds and abolish the prohibition of
nomadism.
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SITUATION NOWADAYS
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General information
• Population: Between 500,000 and 600,000
• Living in the outskirts of the towns
– Exception: Andalucía (50% of the population)
• Main problems:
– Drugs
– Unemployment (43%)
– Schooling (80% do not finish secondary education)
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Main economic activities
• Street market sellers • Construc0on workers
• Scrap merchants
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Stereotypes and facts
• They do not want to be integrated
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Stereotypes and facts
• They do not want to be integrated
• Around 2/3 of the Roma
popula0on is well
integrated with the rest
of the Spanish
community
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Stereotypes and facts
• They do not want their kids to go to school
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Stereotypes and facts
• They do not want their kids to go to school
• Almost the 100% of the
Roma children go to
school. Even though,
80% of them do not
finish the compulsory
educa0on
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Stereotypes and facts
• It is a sexist culture
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Stereotypes and facts
• It is a sexist culture • The role of the leader is normally taken by the eldest man of the community
• It is s0ll common to check the woman’s virginity as part of the wedding’s ritual
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Stereotypes and facts
• The hoard the social aid
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Stereotypes and facts
• The hoard the social aid • According to the Spanish law, it is forbidden to give
a different treatment to
different ethnici0es, so
Roma can apply to the
same funds as non-‐Roma
Spaniards
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References Informa(on
• Fundación Secretariado Gitano (www.gitanos.org)
• Unión Romaní (www.unionromani.org)
• CEPVI (www.cepvi.com) • Personajes de origen gitano,
Wikipedia (hYp://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Personajes_de_origen_gitano)
Photos • Wikipedia
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