"There are some 15 million Roms dispersed across the world. Their history is one of suffering and misery, but it is also one of the victories of human spirit over the blows of fate. Today the Roms revive their culture and are looking for their identity. On the other hand, they integrate into the societies in which they live. If they are understood by their fellow citizens in their new homelands, their culture will enrich the society's atmosphere with the color and charm of spontaneity" (Ghandi).
The word Gypsy is used to describe a particular nomadic group of people who originated in Northern India. It was when they began their nomadic ways, for reasons unknown, and traveled to Europe that the term Gypsy was born because the Europeans mistook them for Egyptians, which they later shortened their name to gypsy. This group of people known more widely as Gypsies, are called Roma. The Roma people are composed of a multitude of cultures that have over time integrated into one big culture. Ian Hancock, a professor of Romani studies at the University of Texas in Austin, has done research on the Roma people and has deduced from evidence how the Roma culture took on many other cultures. Hancock believes that the Roma people, because they considered their lives of higher value than other cultures’ lives, they composed their army of many smaller neighboring cultures. As the Roma army began to fight the Muslim army who was attempting to take over Indian territory, they began to migrate into different parts of India and later on into Europe. These migrations have been speculated to be as early as the 11th century. The Roma people are comprised of three main tribal groups: the Gitanos, the Kalderash, and the Manush (Colu...
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The media has promoted a dominant view of how people should perceive beauty, and what consists of perfection in beauty. According to Dr. Karin Jasper, the media have women encouraging them to be concerned with their outward appearance and how others perceive them by surrounding everyone with the ideal female beauty. (Jasper, 2000) Body image has become a particular concern for young girls and women, often females work diligently to attain the perfect body image advertised in mass media. (Gibbs, 2010) When women are not able to obtain their ideal body goal, many develop negative feelings and become self-conscious about their bodies. Conversely, it is not possible for someone to look like a model in ads, someone without blemishes, scars, or pours. Another study conducted in 2012 showed contemporary media and culture has defined a women’s social desirability in terms of their bodies. For females, this has often resulted in comparing themselves to bodies shown in advertisements, commercials, magazines, etc. however not all body
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