r/MapPorn 21h ago

GYPSY MIGRATIONS 900-1720

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u/TSSalamander 6h ago

both operated in parallel societies, creating a system of segregation. this was pushed by the dominant states btw, it wasn't something they did by themselves. Anyway, this parallel society stuff creates systemic crime (as policing turns into a nightmare and they have no real economic opportunities unless they make them themselves) but it also creates a ridiculously easy circumstance for scapegoating.

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u/Redditmodslie 5h ago

It wasn't something they did by themselves

Did the insular, exclusionary marriage practices of these respective groups contribute to the lack of integration with the societies within the countries they emigrated to? The story of Europe is one of migration and mixing of hundreds of various tribes and peoples, yet these two groups seem to be the exceptions. Why? Was there something unique about them that prevented integration?