This is in response to a young lady among us who is hurting after being told who and what she is (or isn't) and after being sent some hate speech.

There are those in the US who don't believe there are Romanies in the US. There are those around the world who don't believe we can make a choice, make a difference, make a stand.

We are Romanies. We may decide to call ourselves Gypsies, but that is a word that was placed upon us, dictated to us if you will. It is not a word of our…