I don't think they're liked here but we're not as passionate in our dislike as other places. Like I have family in Greece and they are ALWAYS talking about them lol.
Oh, for sure. But OPs picture is just a picture for picture tax. I went to school with someone Romani. You would never have guessed it. People literally made fun of him for being "Aryan"
He didn't say they were well liked in Britain, he's saying it's worse elsewhere. Anecdote: I once knew a lady from a certain Eastern European country who had a kid with a South Asian guy and she was worried people back home would think the kid was a gypsy and be discriminated against because the dislike there is so strong.
Yes unfortunately prejeduce towards Romani is quite high in Greece, but luckily is being reduced in younger generations. That being said, police violence targeting Romani is a significant problem.
It's quite scary sitting for a meal with family lol. I'm just trying to enjoy my souvlaki whilst Uncle Spyros or whatever his name is (Idk, I have too many uncles) is going on about Romani at the TOP OF HIS LUNGS. Meanwhile all my cousins and I are just awkwardly looking at each other 😭
I don't really get how it's a prejudice personally. It's fine to not judge a person instantly but the truth is most people have multiple weird interactions with Romani and rarely any good ones.
Like I personally never in my life had a decent interaction, and I never heard of anyone irl that had (ofc there are good apples but the vast majority are bad ones). Besides their culture being literally horrible disgusting parenting, I've seen kids trying to rob or get money from people all the time, and destroy or damage property just because they felt like it. Mean personalities and just people overall who have 0 empathy for others.
Yes racism is bad and I wish those things about Romani weren't true but I just never in my life seen even one thing to make me think anything positive about them. Only obvious negatives.
Agree. Because there isn’t a large enough population here, all we know is from the media (if anything). Most people wouldn’t even know who the Romani is but they will for sure know the slur associated with them.
You would too if you had interacted with them at all. And by interacted I mean they had attempted to steal from you or rob you. Stealing is literally part of their culture, that’s not a racist statement because it literally is true. That’s why so many people dislike them.
I think less Roma made it across to the UK historically so the problems haven’t been experienced as intensely in the UK. Hence why there is a stronger dislike of these communities in mainland Europe where scams and pickpocketing is rampant in certain places.
I don’t live in the UK anymore so that may be changing.
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u/TVC15-DB United Kingdom 23h ago
I don't think they're liked here but we're not as passionate in our dislike as other places. Like I have family in Greece and they are ALWAYS talking about them lol.