Table of Contents

1 Family Tales 2 Talking Back 3 Indian Connection 4 Romani Origins and Identity 5 Gypsies Gajhe and Labels 6 Romani Religion 7 Romani Language Standardization 8 Schooling of Romani Americans 9 Duty and beauty 10 George Borrow Romani 11 The Concocters 12 Gypsy Mafia 13 Gypsy Stereotype 14 Responses to the Porrajmos 15 Consequences of anti-Gypsy Racism 16 Need for Diplomatic Skills

1 Family Tales 2 Talking Back 3 Indian Connection 4 Romani Origins and Identity 5 Gypsies Gajhe and Labels 6 Romani Religion 7 Romani Language Standardization 8 Schooling of Romani Americans 9 Duty and beauty 10 George Borrow Romani 11 The Concocters 12 Gypsy Mafia 13 Gypsy Stereotype 14 Responses to the Porrajmos 15 Consequences of anti-Gypsy Racism 16 Need for Diplomatic Skills

About the Author

Ian Hancock is a linguist; Romani scholar; political advocate; and an English, linguistics, and Asian studies professor at the University of Texas–Austin. He has represented the Romani people at the United Nations and served as a member of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council under President Bill Clinton. He is the author of The Pariah Syndrome and We Are the Romani People. He lives in Austin, Texas.

Dileep Karanth is a physics lecturer at the University of Wisconsin–Parkside in Kenosha. He lives in Kenosha, Wisconsin.