Message Forum: Re: Ethnic dolls and hate mail

Re: Ethnic dolls and hate mail

Posted By: LaZorra, on host 66.82.9.65
Date: Saturday, May 21, 2005, at 16:18:11
In Reply To: Re: Ethnic dolls and hate mail posted by mollyemo on Friday, May 20, 2005, at 09:13:06:

> Why'd you decide to call her "Little Miss Romania"? I don't associate Romania with gypsies. Gymnasts, maybe, but not gypsies. I guess I'm curious about where you got that association or if it's just some "common knowledge" that I missed out on somewhere.
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I created her for a contest which had an international beauty pageant theme, so she had to come from a specific country. I guess that since I've got a lot of Eastern European heritage (mostly German and Czech), that's how I knew gypsies were from Romania.

> --mollye"Pretty dolls!"mo

La"Thanks :)"Zorra

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Message:	> > Why'd you decide to call her "Little Miss Romania"? I don't associate Romania with gypsies. Gymnasts, maybe, but not gypsies. I guess I'm curious about where you got that association or if it's just some "common knowledge" that I missed out on somewhere. > > > > I created her for a contest which had an international beauty pageant theme, so she had to come from a specific country. I guess that since I've got a lot of Eastern European heritage (mostly German and Czech), that's how I knew gypsies were from Romania. > > > --mollye"Pretty dolls!"mo > > La"Thanks :)"Zorra
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