Questa è una coppia di zingari a Spokane Washington negli anni ’70. In questa parte del paese si sapeva che gli zingari avevano attività di pavimentazione. Erano conosciuti come persone molto laboriose, oneste e amichevoli. Sembra che la vita nelle Americhe abbia funzionato più per loro che per i loro cugini europei. Perché è così?
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di foolishandnonsense
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Lack of socioeconomic opportunity, coupled with social systematic bias that goes back generations. But most importantly, they need to want to help and better themselves. Which only less than 0.1% do
It’s foolish to look at polar opposites.
I can link you to articles about gypsies stealing from others in Washington today, just like I can link you to articles about gypsies in Bulgaria that are well-educated/successful.
I can maybe she’d a bit of light on this from a different perspective.
What sort of people manage to immigrate across the ocean? Generally people with some means, since plane or boat tickets were never that cheap untill recently.
Meaning a lot of the people that went to the US, Canada the UK were more entrepreneurial. It’s a lot easier to integrate when you are a valued member of society that makes money and is a pillar of the community. Your kids go to good schools, you work alongside local people and you have means.
That makes the second generation more and more connected to the local culture.
While a lot of immigrants that travel closer do so in larger numbers and stick to ghettos filled with people of the same cultural background and not integrating.
On top of that the US is a melting pot of cultures and has a more open door to immigrants since most people know their family story included “the old country” only a couple of generations ago
There was a story a few years back about a Bulgarian gypsy family living in Spain. The father had a thriving painting business and they lived in a neighborhood exclusively with Spaniards. He wanted his family to be well integrated in the Spanish society.
Not exactly true. We integrated with their culture.
Because the society and environment never asked them.
It’s simple – they don’t want to understand society so they don’t feel the need to be a part of it. It’s siply a matter of will, and not of opportunity or availability.
Fully integrate -> picture shows them promoting a scam.