We're back to our beloved interviews! Florian Tacorian is a Romani educator, actor and student at the University of Florida. He has built a large platform on TikTok and YouTube under the name @florida.florian where he teaches millions of people about Romani people, history, and culture, as well as, the importance of proper and accurate Romani representation in media. Florian is from a mixed Romani family of the Kalderash (coppersmith) clan of Roma in Romania. His videos aim to dismantle common anti-Roma stereotypes, empower Roma youth, and represent our Romani people in a new light that focuses on our strength, resistance, and cultural beauty.
Some recommended resources are TV Siklana, Magda Matache and the Roma Program at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard, The European Roma Institute of Arts and Culture (ERIAC) and Re-Thinking Roma Resistance, @romani.ed on TikTok, and @roma.culture on Instagram.
Romani crushes for this episode are Loly by Zita Moldovan @loly_by_zita_moldovan, The Feminist Collective of Roma Gender Experts (DIKKO) @dikko.magasin, and Dikh He Na Bister @dikh_he_na_bister who are raising funds soon for young Romani Holocaust Educators.
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