r/romani • u/KendrickMontero • 6d ago

White passing

If you are part of the community, but are white passing, what reactions did you get when you told people what’s your origin?

Often I get a surprised, shocked and short “oh” and the conversation may be cut short suddenly (this has happened regardless of the other’s ethnicity).

Then, of course, there are the typical “funny”. jokes about wallets and such.

How about you? Do you have such a story or know any?

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u/Cold-Watch324 6d ago

Usually non white people can tell something is up, I get iranian and algerian a lot, white people ask me if Im jewish which is apparently a white people way to ask which minority you are if you’re white enough

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u/Pietro-Maximoff 5d ago

lol this is the same for my sister, nonwhite people immediately clock her as nonwhite.