- A researcher studies Roma people who live in Bulgaria towns.
- She lives and works beside Romani women every day.
- For work she cleans streets with a team of women.
- The street cleaning can be dangerous and stressful.
- Passersby sometimes shout insults and throw cigarette butts.
- The women also face close supervision at work.
- They use small acts of friendship and resistance.
- The book shows how environment rules and racism connect.
Difficult words
- researcher — person who studies people or topics
- passerby — person who walks past a placePassersby
- supervision — watching work to check and guide
- resistance — acts to refuse or oppose control
- racism — unfair treatment because of race
- cigarette butt — small part left from a smoked cigarettecigarette butts
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Discussion questions
- Have you seen street cleaners in your town?
- Have people ever shouted at you in public?
- Do you help your friends when they have problems?
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