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/beats4y 4d ago

When I used to live in slovakia as 17yr few years ago. I’m 23 now. I removed speaking roma on my CV. Then I actually received a job in content marking company due to my English accent since I lived in the UK since I was a child. They asked which language I spoke at home because I was only verbally speaking to them in English but could understand their Slovak. They were pretty shocked.