Romani people
Let an agent describe Romani people respectfully and accurately by history, subgroups, language, culture and rights, using self-designations, attributing views to Romani sources and avoiding stereotypes.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Identity Names and groups.
Names
Self-designation.
Names
Names.
- Which self-designation does this community use? provenance
- Is an exonym being used that may be offensive? boundary
Subgroups
Diversity.
Subgroups
Subgroups.
- Which subgroup is being discussed? definition
- Which sources describe it? provenance
History Past.
Origins
Migration.
Origins
Origins.
- What do linguistic and historical studies say about origins? provenance
- How certain is it? boundary
Persecution
Genocide and discrimination.
Persecution
Persecution.
- How is the genocide of Roma in the Second World War documented and commemorated? provenance
- Which memorials and archives exist? provenance
Culture Language and arts.
Language
Romani.
Language
Romani language.
- Which Romani dialect is spoken here? provenance
- Are there language resources? provenance
Arts
Music and literature.
Arts
Arts.
- Which Romani artists and cultural institutions do sources highlight? provenance
- How is culture presented without stereotypes? boundary
Rights Equality.
Discrimination
Reporting.
Discrimination
Discrimination.
- How can discrimination be reported here? action
- Which equality body handles it? provenance
Organisations
Advocacy.
Organisations
Organisations.
- Which Romani-led organisations work on this issue? provenance
- How can they be contacted? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Society, people and institutions
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- SOC
- Domain
- SOC.ORG
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Sinti, Manush, Roma in Serbia, Romani people in Australia, Romani people in Spain, Romani people in Portugal, Romani people in Abruzzo, Romani people in Italy, Romani people in Brazil, Romani people in Sweden, Romani people in Czechoslovakia, Romani people in Burgenland
What it is Filled
The Romani people (Roma), an ethnic group of Indo-Aryan origin living mainly in Europe and the Americas, including subgroups such as the Sinti, Kale, Manush and Romanichal, with the Romani language and diverse cultures; historically subject to persecution, including genocide during the Second World War.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent describe Romani people respectfully and accurately by history, subgroups, language, culture and rights, using self-designations, attributing views to Romani sources and avoiding stereotypes.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Indo-Aryan origin
- Many subgroups and dialects
- Long history in Europe
- Ongoing experience of discrimination
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Use slurs or exonyms that many Roma consider offensive.
- Repeat stereotypes linking Roma to crime, dirt or begging.
- Treat a diverse set of communities as one uniform group.
- Infer that a person is Roma from their name, appearance or address, or record it without consent.
- Help profile or target people by Roma ethnicity.
Only with a human decision
- Publishing anything that identifies individuals or settlements and could expose them to harm.
May
- Describe Romani history, language and subgroups from sourced scholarship and Romani voices.
- Report discrimination, exclusion and policy affecting Roma with evidence and dates.
- Use the names a community uses for itself.
Moral aspects Filled
- Roma face some of the deepest discrimination in Europe, including in housing, schooling and policing.
- Ethnic data on Roma has been used for persecution, including genocide.
Who is affected
- Romani individuals and families
- Romani children in school systems
- Communities facing eviction
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody: a people, represented by their own organisations and councils.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q1267849 - registry parent class
related
- Indo-Aryan peoples - category
- Romani language - language
- International Romani Day (8 April) - observance
- minority rights law - rights
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.romani-people
- Wikidata: Q8060 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8060)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Self-designations such as Roma, Sinti, Kale
- Romani flag adopted in 1971
- Irish Travellers are a distinct group
- Not described by physical appearance; the Roma are a diverse people.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- describe history and subgroups from reliable sources
- use preferred self-designations
- find Romani cultural and advocacy organisations
- find information on anti-discrimination rights
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Stereotypes and slurs
- Using exonyms many Roma consider offensive
- Treating a diverse people as uniform
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
- EU Roma strategic framework
- Anti-discrimination law
Context of use required Filled
- Understanding a European and global people, their history and rights.
- Roma
- Sinti and Manush
- Kale
- Romanichal
- Romani communities in the Americas
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q8060: Romani people - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Romani people - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should subgroups be separate entries?
- How should self-designations be recorded?
- How should alias lists be filtered for slurs?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q8060/spec.json