article_snippet.sent: The Gypsy Secretariat Foundation, which are leading the campaign, are hoping to use the campaign to raise awareness of discrimination against gypsies, also known as Roma.
article_snippet.sent: Members of Spain's gypsy community throw flower petals into the Manzanares river, symbolizing the departure of Members of Spain's gypsy community ancestors from India and Members of Spain's gypsy community exodus across the world during an event in memory of the Roma victims of the Nazi Holocaust in Madrid, Spain .
article_snippet.sent: Gypsies feel indignant,' said Sara Jimenez, 37, a Roma lawyer who works for the foundation's equality department. '
article_snippet.sent: It's not fair because Sara Jimenez, 37, a Roma lawyer who works for the foundation's equality department are a people marked by prejudices, stereotypes and these type of contributions by the Royal Language Academy encourage rejection and stigmatization and do not correspond to gypsies in Spanish society.'
article_snippet.sent: The protest was delivered on International Roma Day and beore handing in the letter,  group representatives gathered to throw flower petals into Madrid's Manzanares river in the customary homage to the gypsies killed in the Holocaust and other extermination campaigns.
article_snippet.sent: Although there have been giant steps made toward greater integration in society, Roma are still often marginalized and discriminated against in housing, education and jobs.