Luci: Listen, listen!

Urpi & Maru: What, what?

Luci: That song, that song on the radio. Oh, I love this group.

Maru: Isn't it Ketama, that Roma group?

Luci: Yes, is Ketama. Good, aren't they?

Maru: Yep

Urpi: Cool.

Luci: But, Maru, not all of them are Roma. They're mixed, like us!!

Maru: I think that most music is a mixture of rhythms and styles. I read something about this the other day and it was really surprising how mixed up it all is. Anyhow, speaking of music, that reminds me that I also read that some people living in a building complained about the loud music coming from the flat of some new neighbours. Guess where were they from?

Urpi: Oh well, loud music, they could be from Latin America, like me, or...

Luci: Or Roma, like me.

Maru: I don't think that about you, Luci.

Luci: Why not?

Maru: Because you, I mean your family, is different.

Luci: Come on, what do you mean? Although..... I think I know what you mean.

Urpi: I'm sure she just means that Roma like you and your family, who live relatively well, are thought of more highly by 'native' Spaniards. You also care about how the 'native' Spaniards may react towards you.

Luci: That's partly true I suppose, though I don't know about this 'native' Spaniard bit. Maybe we should say 'majority' Spaniard. Our family's been here centuries, so we're as native Spanish as anyone else. Anyway, yes, people do say that Roma and Latin Americans like music very much and learn a special sense of rhythm from a young age. They also say that our music played loud or, let's say, slightly louder than 'normal'!

Urpi: Yeah, but it doesn't mean everyone's like that. It's often only the negative things that are pointed out about people. This gives the impression that these negative things are the norm, when, actually, they aren't.

Maru: It has made me think... I have just realised that when people from rural areas of Galicia and other parts of Spain moved to the big cities, or emigrated to other countries, they were criticised and rejected for talking too loud!

Urpi: Exactly, if only people were more aware of the past! And as Luci said, the big problem is that people generalise too much - you know - 'they're all like that or all like this'.

Luci: We really are great thinkers sometimes, aren't we?

Maru: Oh, oh, I really must go!!!

Urpi & Luci: Why?

Maru: I'm getting burned with so much sun! Lucky you with your skin, you can enjoy the sun for longer...