RT journal article
T1 Who I am and who I share it with. Roma university students between invisibility and empowerment
A1 Goenechea Permisán, Cristina
A1 Gallego Noche, María Beatriz
A1 Amores Fernández, Francisco Javier
A2 Didáctica
K1 student
K1 Roma
K1 university
K1 identity
K1 racial discrimination
AB Among the strategies developed by members of ethnic minorities in an attempt to fight racism, the invisibility strategy of ‘playing white’ has been particularly noted and seems to be more frequent among those who achieve university studies or have upward social mobility. Invisibility is also a form of structural discrimination since, in Spain, ethnic data are not collected in statistics. In this paper, we outline the results of a research project conducted with Roma university students in Spain, including quantitative data collected through an online questionnaire and student opinions collected through interviews. The participants identified with what they understood it meant to be Roma, but not at all identified with what the majority of society considers to be Roma. Most of the participants had no problem talking about their identity, although we find cases of invisibility due to the fear of rejection. Some expressed their identity, even though their families advised them not to do so, in what we understand as an act of empowerment. They claimed their identity, considering themselves both as a type of Roma that breaks the stereotype and as examples of other ways of being Roma.
PB TAYLOR & FRANCIS
SN 1467-5986
YR 2022
FD 2022-02-15
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/27605
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/27605
LA eng
NO Universidad de Cádiz
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 10-nov-2026