Minorities|A recent doctorate in education, educational advisor Henry Hedman knows the rich culture of his tribe, where family and respect for parents are at the center. He regrets the focus of the news about the Roma on acts of violence.
“However, my father taught me to be polite to everyone. Mockery raised the desire to show that we Roma too have earned human dignity,” says Henry Hedman.
Kirsi-Klaudia Kangas
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The green one an old horse-drawn cart decorates the yard of the house in Lopella. It reminds Henry Hedman of his childhood, when he and his father went around in a horse-drawn carriage selling enamelware in houses. In the man’s memories, there are pleasant encounters with the “kaajets”, i.e. those who belong to the main population, but sometimes the little curly-headed gypsy boy had to experience racist treatment.
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