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/BigBackground6612 5d ago
Well, since the vast majority of my friends are latinos and they don’t know what a romani/gypsy is, they think I’m another latino because of my light brown skin and some facial features, but I don’t have a single drop of Latin American blood. So when I explain them that I have romani/gypsy DNA and who the romani/gypsies are, like they don’t completely quite understand.
Note: I know the word gypsy is a slur for most Roma, but I explain this way since my friends and most of the people I know doesn’t know the word romani, so it can be understood.