A House

golden-zephyr:

You know, whenever I see these people on tumblr just :wishing to run away and be a gypsy and live in a caravan with hardly any possessions:

I think to myself, that when I was a kid, I used to want to know that I had a home, just a house even, that was ours. A place that we could lock the door and people couldn’t make us leave, just cos they wanted to, just because we’re Rroma. 

So, I kind of think what a privileged thing it is to say that you want to ‘leave everything behind’… and live a free life. Nothing is ever free, especially not the ‘gypsies’. 

People think we’re oh-so-free and oh-so-lucky.

But, we’re not. 

The things you take for granted many in my immediate family still don’t have:

A safe house, or a home.

Stable food supply.

Warm fitting clothing.

Electricity.

Running Water.

Education.

Health Care.

Income.

It’s not the life you think it is. Not at all.

gadje: this is why we mock you. gtfo.

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   figures from stories...read about as “Gypsies” are just that—stories. Real people,

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   must stop romanticizing...I come across in my...Including...

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14. raywandersnorth said: Living totally without owned land or secure rental, with almost no resources, is not freedom at all. It is a painful lack of freedom, and constantly being forced off of whatever land you find leads to a family with no security, no chance of savings.
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    why we mock you. gtfo.

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