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World Service,15 Oct 2018,16 mins
Fighting Discrimination with a Fairytale
The Outlook Podcast ArchiveAvailable for over a year
Valeriu Nicolae is a diplomat and NGO worker, who describes himself as a strategic survivor. Back when he was a child he was spurned by other Romanian children because he's Roma. He came up with an ingenious way to win them over, involving funerals and ice cream. The skills he developed to overcome discrimination have helped him in later life, and he's never looked back. Image and credit: Valeriu Nicolae
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