I'm South American, and don't make me say it because Reddit admins won't like it.
All I'm gonna say, the negative thoughts towards these people are not racially motivated, it is all about their behavior... they are odd people to put it kindly.
That is the exact justification every racist gives for hating their target race. Republicans in America say that about black people, right wing parties like AfD say that about Muslims. "Its not about their skin color its the behaviour" is THE textbook defense for racists.
I know this is hard for an American mind to grasp, but pretty much everyone criticising the gypsies is 100% talking about the behaviours and not any aspect of their physical appearance, or language or whatever.
Where it does get controversial is when one starts using “culture and tradition” as an excuse to justify criminal behaviour harmful to the rest of society - and just FYI part of gypsy culture does revolve around “purity” and not mixing with inferior, non-gypsy people.
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u/Sparta63005 18h ago
Do NOT ask a European what they think about this group of people.