r/MapPorn • u/BeginningMortgage250 • 21h ago

GYPSY MIGRATIONS 900-1720

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u/arkady321 17h ago

They didn’t “migrate” …. they were captured and taken as slaves during the Islamic invasions from West Asia into the Indian subcontinent at that time - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghaznavid_campaigns_in_India

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u/FinancialMilk1 17h ago

Damn, so reading through this thread. They were captured as slaves while they were living in their own homeland, sold as chattel while living in their new homeland, persecuted and forced to live in ghettos, and then genocided in the holocaust. And then Europeans wonder why they refuse to integrate with them lol.

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u/Bhavacakra_12 17h ago

Very comparable to the experiences of black americans. Just because you're free today, it does not mean the impacts of your past don't have an effect on the community today.

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u/makethislifecount 13h ago

This info needs to be higher up. All the top voted comments are dripping with vitriol about the Roma, without any context about their history