The most European of all Europeans
This extract is one of the first with positive connotations that I've seen. The Romani people are truly lost, scattered and rejected. They are European in its most basic sense; they have no true home base. They travel, they live and they work wherever people accept, rather, tolerate them. They are still, after centuries, stuck in a nomadic cycle because of this rejection from modern society. They are, I learned, very talented and creative people who deserve much more respect and positive opportunities than they are currently receiving.
Enjoy this clip of Django Reinhardt, the famous Romani to whom I devoted my semester abroad, and have a fantastic week!
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