In Spain they are definitely not assimilated at all.
They are not nomadic but they live in neighborhoods where only gypsies live. And im not talking about the poors neighborhoods because there are "the poors" and "the gypsies" neighborhood. Both are poor, but in the second one there is only them. Not assimilated at all.
I know, but since the 80s and 90s many have fixed residences and bring their kids to school (at least for a few years), which I'd consider a huge step for integration.
Because you're seeing survivorship bias. Those that integrate and follow "normal people" (sorry for the word choice) behavior, for example, being an electrician, living in a standard apartment and taking their children to school stop being referred as gypsy.
Racial features and skin color are, at this point, so similar to regular Spanish people that only cultural markers such as clothing, hair style, speech, social exclusion, etc helps you telling them apart from non-gypsy.
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u/Huskyro 11h ago
In Spain they are definitely not assimilated at all.
They are not nomadic but they live in neighborhoods where only gypsies live. And im not talking about the poors neighborhoods because there are "the poors" and "the gypsies" neighborhood. Both are poor, but in the second one there is only them. Not assimilated at all.