First, I'm European, but I could also be African or Asian if I was born on one of those continents.

Secondly, I am Spanish, but I would be French, Russian or Argentine if my mother gave birth to me in France, Russia or Argentina.

Third, I'm Andalusian, but why not a Catalan, a Galician or an Extremadura? It all consists of a birth certificate provided by the registry.

Fourth, I am from C Каdiz - how happy I am to have opened my eyes to the country that gave birth to Spain's first democratic and liberal Constitution - but I could equally be from Alcal бидејќи because it is the country where the author of Don Quixote.

Fifth, I am a Christian by tradition and because I believe that the key to respect and love among people lies in the Gospel. But he can also be a Buddhist or simply an atheist.

Sixth, I am a socialist because I believe that socialism is the one that can best fulfill the fulfillment of the ideals of justice, freedom, solidarity and respect that all human beings owe to one another. But instead, I could have been a conservative or a communist.

However, what remains unchanged, what I myself could not change because it is part of my personal and non-transferable entity is my status as a Roma. For that reason:

First: Although I could be European, American or Asian, I would always be Roma.

Second: Regardless of my nationality, I will always be Roma.

Third: No matter in which region of the world I was born, I will always be Roma

Fourth: My homeland is what it is, but it can be any other. However, I will always be Roma.

Fifth: I can be a Christian, or a Muslim, or a Buddhist or an atheist, I will always be a Roma.

Sixth: Being a socialist, a liberal, a conservative, from the left or the right, does not always prevent me from being a Roma.

Everything that has been said so far is true, it is temporary and changeable

What will never change are my centuries-old Roma roots.

Juan de Dios Ramírez-Heredia Juan de Dios Ramírez-Heredia

Lawyer and journalist

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