How B.B. King and Los Angeles helped me embrace my multiethnic Romani identity (via latimesopinion )
In April 2022, I stood crying on the Hollywood Walk of Fame next to B.B. King’s star. Passersby gave me curious looks. “I’m OK,” I said to no one in particular, rubbing my eyes with the heels of my hands. After the long lockdown, I was finally able to resume my annual tradition of visiting Los Angeles to mark my family’s arrival in the United States. More than 30 years ago, my American story began in this very spot.
My Romani ancestors struggled for their rights. How I continue their fight — and forge my own identity Growing up, I hid my Romani, Ukrainian and Armenian roots to stay safe in Russia, where a conformist society spurned diversity, forcing its citizens to reject individuality. When we touched down in Los Angeles, I felt confused about my identity and assumed my parents did too. But I was surprised when they quickly welcomed their newfound liberation.In May 1989, Dad and I made a memorable trip to begin his life as a “free Roma,” as he called it.
However, as an adult, returning to Hollywood year after year on a pilgrimage of my own, I eventually understood.as “the disjunction between the dis/location of identity and the unstable territories of origins.” My home country insisted that mixed ethnicity made me problematic, that being Romani, especially, was a tragic flaw. No one’s ethnicity was as valuable as their Red Party affiliation. I grew up questioning my worth. Los Angeles showed me something different.
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