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This was due to the fact that, at the time, U.S. legislation prevented entry to "Gypsies", making it problematic for those who were perceived to be easily identifiable as Romani by their appearance. [42] In 1999, the United States pledged to take up to 20,000 Kosovan refugees; many of them were Roma. [43]
Many of the organized protests were accompanied by ethnic clashes and racist violence against Romani. The protesters shouted racist slogans like "Gypsies into soap" and "Slaughter the Turks!" [60] Many protesters were arrested for public order offenses. [61] [62] The news media labelled the protests as anti-Romani Pogroms. [60]
Pikey's most common contemporary use is not as a term for the Romani ethnic group, but as a catch-all phrase to refer to people, of any ethnic group, who travel around with no fixed abode. Among English Romani Gypsies the term pikey refers to a Traveller who is not of Romani descent. It may also refer to a member who has been cast out of the ...
Joe Biden was “central in his family’s moneymaking scheme,” according to the year-long congressional investigation led by Rep. James Comer, who claims he found nearly $30 million funneled ...
President Biden needs to explain his death-sentence commutations “to our faces,” says the furious brother of a young female naval officer murdered by one of the “despicable’’ clemency ...
It’s not about what Biden ends up calling us. It’s about what Biden does to fight for millions of people like me who may have a voice but don’t have a vote. Opinion: The problem isn’t ...
When Romani refugees were allowed into Canada in 1997, a protest was staged by 25 people, including neo-Nazis, in front of the motel where the refugees were staying. The protesters held signs that said, for examples, "Honk if you hate Gypsies," "Canada is not a Trash Can," and "GST — Gypsies Suck Tax."
Biden in 2017 Sleepy Joe is a nickname describing Joe Biden , the 46th president of the United States, coined and used by those who opposed his presidency , which became an Internet meme . The nickname was originally coined in 2019 by Biden's predecessor and successor, Donald Trump .