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    the 1930's was also met with one of the worst environmental disaster in the Central Plain known as the Dust Bowl . Large numbers of Americans had to evacuate and many of these of refugees moved to California to look for work. The book The Harvest Gypsies: On the Road to the Grapes of Wrath, written by John Steinbeck, illuminates on the social injustices and the struggles many of these refugees had to face in western agriculture. He provides detailed articles of descriptions of the workers daily lives

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    mysterious group of people--known as Gypsies or Roma--lurked in the rural areas of America. Present across most of the United States at the time, Gypsies were peculiar people with very different ways of life than most others. The Gypsies were nomadic, showing up in a town for awhile, and leaving whenever they felt necessary. Gypsies were not uncommon in the 1930s, yet most people remained suspicious of them due to their mysterious and conniving ways. Gypsies would take up a handful of different

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    Gypsies and Travelers in the United States April 24, 2013 Gypsies and Travelers in the United States Many are confused about Gypsies and Travelers because in a lot of ways they are similar and in many ways they are different. In spite of the recent influx of work on Gypsies and Travellers, none of it even scratches the surface when it comes to the gypsies and travellers people. However, they both are a quiet group that not many even know about. Books like We Are the Romani People by Hancock explore

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    Gypsies in the Czech Republic The Gypsies of the former Czechoslovakia have suffered ethnic marginalization dating back to their arrival in Eastern Europe over 700 years ago. The collapse of communism in Czechoslovakia, and other Eastern Europe countries created the necessary conditions for the ethnic mobilization of the Gypsies and other minorities. During communism minorities presence in Eastern Europe was not officially recognized. The transition from the socialist system to democracy

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    The culture of the Roma gypsies The Roma gypsies, also known as Roma, Romani or gypsies, are people of Indian origin who are now settled all over the world. The migration, which commenced sometime in the 9th century, shows that the Roma people migrated from Indian sub-continent following two distinct paths, namely, the Central Asian route and the Northern African route (Romanian Family Health Initiative, 2007). Nomadic nature of the Roma gypsies Gypsies are nomads (Leeson, 2013). The nomadic

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    likely thinking about the image of a Gypsy. Gypsies live a way of life that is not common to the regular masses. The loud music, partying through the nights, and moving whole families across countries at the blink of an eye is not a common practice for the average human, unless the human is a Gypsies. This ethnic group is thought to have originated from India and was considered travelers of the world, practicing a religion of sorts called Paganism. When a Gypsy family would move to another area in

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    Analysis of Gypsy:The Musical Gypsy is a musical comedy written in the late 1950’s by Arthur Laurents,lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and music by Jule Style. The musical Gypsy is loosely based on Gypsy:A Memoir, an autobiography that discusses the famous burlesque performer, Gypsy Rose Lee. The main focus of the play is on the character Rose, an overbearing mother, as she pushes her two daughters towards the show business life and to stardom. The play is only two acts long and has 17 scenes, with 11

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    The unwarranted arrests of the gypsies are frequent in many types of vicinity of Wales and England. The police officers raid and torture them without any reason and they are compelled to stay silent in response to that attitude. In addition to that, they are not allowed to have an access to the courts for the justice. The record of the sentencing given for the indictable offences also shows that the discrimination is done against the susceptible groups of the population. According to that figures

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    How does the Gypsy Moth impact Ecosystems? The Gypsy Moth can impact over 500 types of trees as the moths eat the bark, and leaves killing trees one by one. When the moths eat the trees it can affect the many benefits trees provide to the biosphere. Also, forest defoliation can cause a loss of wildlife's habitats, can increase chances of wildfires, and water quality. The gypsy moth can kill millions of acres in one year. What is currently being done to address this issue? One great thing people

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    What is empathy? How do you show empathy? How does empathy deepen our understanding about the world? This unit we focused a lot on empathy. There was two certain selections in our book that caught my interest. Both Marigolds and The Harvest Gypsies showed empathy. Although Marigolds evoked more empathy since they went more into it. If you looked in the dictionary it would tell you empathy is being able to relate or understand the feelings of another person. Which is true but it’s also being able

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