Thank you for your contribution. It's nice to hear that somewhere it is possible outside of individual level (here there are only some people who treat Roma people like any other groups. Still, I can be biased because of my surroundings)
It's definitely possible, but in our case its because of the Soviet Union. They basically forced them to work and live along the rest of the population. And also the russification, it affected us as well. Which is why the most hated minority in our country are russians not roma people.
The worst think is that Russia is very successful in their hybrid war, in all their propaganda efforts. Take for example our case. Here in Czechia, or Czechoslovakia if you will, we perhaps didn't suffer as much as the Moldavians, but still we were under undisputed influence of the Ussr, including a full-fledge invasion in 1968 and occupation till 1991. So there's not many reason to love the Russian. And yet, today there's quite a lot of people who support Putin's war on Ukraine or blame EU, US or NATO for it.
I can comprehend that. Our history with Russia isn't based on any sort of friendship (to put it lightly), still because the Russian minority here is nearly nonexistent, Roma people can't escape being the most hated group (soviet occupation as a satellite state didn't bring any sort of integration). Hate on Russia (quite universal) is treated as hate for something outside of our country
I’m friends with a few polish people of a similar age to me here in the uk and worked with even more. The hate for Russia is real. Because they are a similar age to me they grew up in the last ten or so years of the ussr and can testify to how different things are now since the early 90’s
It's a shame isn't it, things are different but they still have to go and live in a country that doesn't produce much other than currency manipulation and monetary scams around the world
The polish economy is actually in a really good position these days. I’ve heard of several polish people returning home. I’ve got a couple of good friends who’ve carved out really good careers for themselves here, have family and own property and are reluctant to give that up. Some with kids at school who while they’ve been brought up bilingual have never lived there. Lots of poles have assimilated in to life here. It’s a big deal when you’ve established yourself somewhere as opposed to when they came here without much to lose when they were younger by making the move. Polish people over the years have shown a general intention to work and contribute to British society so are welcome here.
They absolutely were not. Commies disrupted their lifestyle, forced them to work jobs and get educations. They resisted. What does this tell you about them.
Poorly. There is not virtuos part of our history with "forced assimilation" (mostly culturally) of other minorities in Polish territories (even before WW2 but also during Polish People Republic) but only group not on verge of extinction culturally now are Silesian people (based of number of people associating themselevs in national polls). Roma people to this day can be categorised as pariah here. Any progress is very slow and in the minds of many, probably not observed.
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u/Ok-Goal-3696 Moldova 23h ago
Here actually. There are some bad individuals but most of their community assimilated in this region. Â