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Dear all, The last few years part of my research involves studying mathematical 'development' with Gypsy children and I have published some of my work mainly in European journals or books edited by European editors. As I try to move on to a more 'international' context I realize that the use of words such as Chicano, Gypsy or Roma take very different meanings to the ones I would use at either a local (Greek-Gypsy community) or a European context. For example in Greece the word 'Gypsy' could, at times and for some, be insulting and people would rather the word Chicano as a self-description of who they are. Recent European policies enforce using Roma as a 'community' term signifying who these people are, and 'inventing' even a flag (!..) for promoting greater uniformity and group-identity. I am wondering what is the case in the US. So far, I realize that in the Americas (North and South) the word chicano refers to Latino people - which in fact is a different community, or isn't it? I would appreciate any ideas, clarifications, references concerning the above use of terms. Many thanks, Anna Chronaki Associate Professor University of Thessaly Volos, Greece. _______________________________________________ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca