The play Profound Dignity by Sonia Carmona Tapia presents Roma heroes
opposing the communist and the Franco-regime. The show commemorates the life of
two Spanish women. She tells the life story of Emilia Hernández Rodríguez, the
first Gypsy women who was beatified, in 2017, and Gabriela Ortega Gómez, the
first Gypsy performing artist who obtained academic qualifications. The two
female hero stories unfold paralelly. They both stood up for what they believed
in and fought back the current authorities. Through Emilia's story, we can get
a glimpse at the Spanish Civil War whereas Gabriela brings us back to the
Franco-regime.
What can a schoolgirl do to fight injustice? What do we look for in pedagogues? What can we do for our children to be taught of equality and accepting each other in school? In primary school, I always sat in the first or second row. I hated it! I always wanted to sit in the last row because there, I could have been next to the window watching the whole class. From time to time, some of the "worst" boys were seated next to me. The rules for table plan were the following: 1. bad students sit next to good students 2. if you are a good student and do something wrong (which happened to me quite often) then you will get a Gypsy next to you For a few days or for months, it depended on the scale of the punishment. I liked those boys because they found this process unfair, too. I had three seatmate by this method in the first four years of primary school. When teachers realized that this seating arrangement was no problem for us and we even made friends, I ...
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