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    By 1940, Roma gypsies were rounded up and made to live in encampments. These in time became fenced in ghettos. From these ghettos, many were transported by train to detention camps to await deportation. They were forced to wear black triangle markings for being asocial or a green triangle for being professional criminals. Besides being treated as in the camps, they were also subjected to multiple medical experiments, including “special experiments that were supposed to prove scientifically that their

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    better life. However, California was not the paradise portrayed by handbills received by migrants who needed work. Hopeful farmers and their families arriving in California were met with public distaste by all of society. John Steinbeck’s The Harvest Gypsies, a collection of articles that played a large role in publicizing the brutal conditions that migrants faced, as well as the film The Grapes of Wrath, delved into why migrants left for California, the social conditions of the squatters’ camps, and

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    In “The Harvest Gypsies”, Steinbeck writes a deliberate passage to assure that these migrants are not of the country's problem. He denounces prejudice views among them, includes the issues they face with the law, incorporates their unprecedented arrival, and alludes California’s importance in migrant labor for agricultural economics. Near the beginning of the passage, Steinbeck’s technique is to use specific word choices to imply that most residential views on migrants/gypsies are prejudice.

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    Emma Matix Dra. Palmer ANTHR October 17, 2017 Midterm Question 1: The Gypsies, who originated from India, are also known as the “Roma”. They are similar to Nomads, moving from one place to another. Within this group of people, there is a clear division between the men and the woman. In the book The Gypsies by Jan Yoor, they are separated by gender and age through adolescence, puberty, and through adulthood. This is seen specifically in the responsibilities or tasks given to both genders. The women

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    In “The Gypsies,” Pushkin uses Aleko to subvert the superfluous man’s desire for personal freedom through his misdeeds and their consequences, displaying how the selfishness of the superfluous man should be discouraged. “He too, a migrant on the wing, Couldn’t settle anywhere, Couldn’t get used to anything.” -Narrator, page 7 Pushkin uses this exposition of Aleko to create dramatic irony for the moment when Aleko is befallen to tragedy as he finally desires to settle down and be one with society

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    that time. First, the Nazis targeted and attacked a nomadic group of people called Roma, also known as the gypsies, during World War lI. Also, during the Holocaust the physically and mentally disabled

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    The Gypsy Kings is a Catalan rumba and rock band founded in Arles France in 1978 by musicians Nicolas Reyes and Tonino Baliardo. Though all of the band members were born in France their parents were from Catalonia Spain and fled during the Spanish civil war in the 1930s and as a result their upbringing is largely influenced by Spanish culture which is reflected in their music. Nicolas Reyes, the son of acclaimed flamenco musician Jose Reyes founded the band with his two sons and his cousins Maurice

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    than more recent films. However there are exceptions to this general observation. Films such as Cry of the Werewolf and Thinner are much more stereotypical than Time of the Gypsies and The Crazy Stranger. Many of stereotypes that are harmful to the Roma have magical and esoteric themes that put Roma in a certain light “ Gypsies or Roma are one of the minorities frequently represented in film, whenever we talk about European or American film; within this context Russian and Eastern European cinema

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    Make White Gypsy appealing to our target market and push for position as a premium product. Create brand image/recognition/awareness by building hype for the products. We would like to take the marketing strategy from broadly being transaction based to relationship based by focusing on customer retention and awareness. This in time will give White Gypsy potential to develop acquisition strategies if they choose to do so. Products: White gypsy markets several products. Ruby Irish Red Ale (ABV 4.6%)

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    three tickets to “Gypsy” starring Imelda Staunton, better known by her on-screen portrayal of Professor Umbridge in the “Harry Potter” series. Only in town for one more night, I was pessimistic that this would be the show that defined the trip, and I’d be forced to write a reflection that unveiled my cynicism.

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