Sentence examples for being roma from inspiring English sources

"There is no shame in being Roma," said Jilijana Varga, a Roma student at the medical high school.

Pride in being Roma liberates the Gypsy in me.

Being Roma is an advantage for Zorica who has gained the confidence of the Roma women in her neighbourhood.

Milan's wife Zlata, a non-Roma but also unemployed, said, "The whole non-Roma public is criticizing us for being 'work-shy.' The thing is, being Roma keeps you from getting a job.

"Nobody should face expulsion just for being Roma," she said.

"It is equally clear that nobody should face expulsion just for being Roma".

Almost 14 per cent of those children are Roma while 34 Roma children are growing up in institutions.

Thus, the children identified as "Roma" in our sample are known Roma ethnicity, though there may be Roma children in the remaining sample.

"Not all Roma communities have dark skin: there are Roma who have light skin and green eyes," says Dezideriu Gergely, head of the Budapest-based European Roma Rights Centre.

Further, there may have been Roma children in Bulgarian schools that were not located in Roma areas.

Approximately 90% of the cases were from the Bulgarian Roma community despite the fact that only 4% of the general Bulgarian population are Roma.