Roma
1Also Rom . a member of the traditionally nomadic Romani-speaking ethnic group that migrated from northern India to Europe in the 14th and 15th centuries, or any of their descendants around the world: Unfortunately, the Roma continue to face discrimination and are subjected to profiling by law enforcement.
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Italian name of Rome.
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“This is a moral, necessary and long-overdue change,” says Margareta Matache, a Roma rights activist and scholar at Harvard University.
Racism lurks in names given to plants and animals. That’s starting to change | Jaime Chambers | August 25, 2021 | Science NewsIt’s a “small yet historic” step to rectify portrayals where “Roma have been denied humanity or depicted as less than human,” she says.
Racism lurks in names given to plants and animals. That’s starting to change | Jaime Chambers | August 25, 2021 | Science NewsCzech Republic’s Magdalena KarvayovaAs shocking as it is in 2021, many Roma children in schools across Europe attend segregated schools, where they receive a subpar education.
Not only that, some countries place Roma students in remedial classes for pupils with disabilities.
After Schnaas arrived at a large stone house in the Mexico City neighborhood of Roma, a domestic worker ushered her into a room whose function seemed to fall somewhere between library, movie theater and lounge.
Dozens of Women Accused Famous Intellectual Andrés Roemer of Sexual Abuse. They Came Together to Make the World Listen | Meaghan Beatley | June 1, 2021 | Time
Is the silence about the plight of the Roma in Europe surprising?
Ron Rosenbaum on Hitler, Hollywood, and Quantifying Evil | William O’Connor | July 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere was another group targeted by Hitler for extermination—the Roma.
Ron Rosenbaum on Hitler, Hollywood, and Quantifying Evil | William O’Connor | July 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe 200 other Roma, known pejoratively as “gypsies,” had fled the camp by Monday, police told French media.
France Decries Attack That Left Roma Teen in a Coma | Lizzie Crocker | June 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“People want to take a piece of history to remember the city,” an Aeroporto di Roma spokesperson told The Daily Beast.
Pompeii Made It Through a Volcano, but Can It Survive Vandals? | Barbie Latza Nadeau | March 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOthers, like the prominent Roma activist Valeriu Nicholae, speak of its “rapid dissolution.”
Roma Children Face Segregation In EU Schools | Amana Fontanella-Khan | March 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis work Dello stato fisico del suolo di Roma , with its accompanying map, is likewise noteworthy.
There, behind her, is the mint-mark and that word of ancient power and glory, "Roma."
The Lion's Brood | Duffield OsborneAnd now had come a fateful moment in the history of Roma terna.
Theodoric the Goth | Thomas HodgkinA small boy in livery, whose cap wore the inscription 'Caffè di Roma,' came into the place, looking about for someone.
The conquest of Rome | Matilde SeraoDe coffee pot done het up de ice water and de ice water done took the 'Roma from de coffee.
Molly Brown's Orchard Home | Nell Speed
British Dictionary definitions for Roma (1 of 2)
/ (ˈroːma) /
the Italian name for Rome
British Dictionary definitions for Roma (2 of 2)
/ (ˈrəʊmə) /
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