Re: American Gypsy follow-up

[Jim Devine <jdevine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 02:23 PM 8/30/00 -0400, you wrote:
> Today, hardly any Roma are nomadic, and in the United States there is a
> sophisticated network of territories, and a good percentage of middle-class
> Roma. The situation in Europe however, remains grim, with most Roma living
> well below the poverty line,

As I understand it, people in Europe often refer to "Gypsies" as a broader
group than the Roma. It includes street people, nomads, thieves, etc.

Jim Devine jdevine@xxxxxxx &  http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine