Romani - does that mean you are a member of the Roma?
I'd not have expected a Romani to so enthusiastically crow over Romania's and the Balkans' accomplishments.
In the Balkans and Romania, Roma were kept as slaves for over 5 centuries, until the 19th century. In both places, the biggest Roma slaveholders were - as is to be expected - the Churches and monasteries, who mistreated them more than any slaves had been until Africa's exploitation. They were often chained in the monasteries and overworked.
The Churches did much worse than enslave and mistreat them, of course. They're the cause for why the Roma, like the Jews, were ostracized from European society. But being Roma, you'd probably not require me to go into the details which you'd already know all too well.
I'd not have expected a Romani to so enthusiastically crow over Romania's and the Balkans' accomplishments.
In the Balkans and Romania, Roma were kept as slaves for over 5 centuries, until the 19th century. In both places, the biggest Roma slaveholders were - as is to be expected - the Churches and monasteries, who mistreated them more than any slaves had been until Africa's exploitation. They were often chained in the monasteries and overworked.
The Churches did much worse than enslave and mistreat them, of course. They're the cause for why the Roma, like the Jews, were ostracized from European society. But being Roma, you'd probably not require me to go into the details which you'd already know all too well.