Philemona Franz, writer
Roza Taikon, artisit
Bronislawa Wajs, poet
Sir Micahel Caine, actor
Sir Charles Chaplin, actor, director
Django Rheinhart, jazz musician
The Prez Did you enjoy this roster of some famous Roma?
Well anyway...I live in France.
I would think it would be easy, by now, for European governments to distinguish between criminals and law abiding citizens of the EU whether they be Roma or any other ethnic group.
The way I see it is, perhaps instead of just moving people around, the various European governments should set aside funds from their arts budgets to set up various theatre groups from a pool of unemployed Roma. This way we can put people to good use and show and inform the general population of the EU the culture of a group of people who have contributed a tremendous amount of talent to Europe and the rest of the world.
Perhaps the controversy is actually a domestic situation between President Sarkowzy and members of a large extended family. From my observations, the French President appears ethnically Roma in so many ways.
(As a member of a minority group, living in Europe, I figured I’d put “my two-cents in” on the subject.)

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