Kalé

An old name of the Roma is Kalé . The word is derived from kalo , Romanes for "black", and is one of the names known from the 18th century for all members of the minority, although - according to the source - subordinate to Roma . It can still be found throughout Europe today for Albanian Ashkali , Finnish Kaale , Swedish Kalé , Spanish and southern French Kalé / Calé , Bohemian Lalere Kale or Welsh Kale ( Welsh Kaale / Volsenenge Kale ).

Like other Roma across Europe, the Kalé are the target of racially motivated actions, including exclusion and denial of equal rights.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Johann Erich Biester, About the Gypsies; especially in the Kingdom of Prussia . In: Berlinische Monatsschrift , Volume 21, 1793, pp. 108–165, 360–393, here: p. 364ff. Biester's informant was a Protestant pastor in Lithuania who was in close contact with members of the minority who lived there. See: ub.uni-bielefeld.de
2. ↑ Stéphane Laederich, Who are the Rroma? Zurich 2008, p. 9, see also: rroma.org ( Memento of the original from October 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ; PDF; 4.6 MB) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ^ Romani Linguistics and Romani Language Projects, Manchester, see: romani.humanities.manchester.ac.uk .
4. ↑ Miranda Vuolasranta: Roma and Sinti - European Identities. Antiziganism must be recognized and fought! In: Berliner Blätter - Ethnographic and ethnological contributions, Issue 39/2006, LIT Verlag, Münster 2006, p. 20.