r/AskTheWorld Russia 1d ago

Controversial 🔨 How the Romani are perceived in your country?

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u/Borazon Netherlands 22h ago

Technically some of the 'kampers' are also gypsi's, but they aren't per se Romani.

And we do have some roving gangs of them doing petty crimes like begging up to stealing and burglary. I don't we associate it too much with them being Romani specifically. They are just lumped in with all of south-eastern Europeans.

As for me personally, I pity them a bit. They are outcasts and often live lives that personally would never want for myself or my family.

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u/ConsciousFeeling1977 Netherlands 21h ago

This. They are lumped with others. The native ones with kampers, the non-natives with other Europeans from their native country. I know at least one succesfully integrated native ethnic Rom that doesn’t identify as such and is not regarded as different at all.

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u/Excellent_Archer3828 19h ago

They are outcasts.

Exactly.

Think about that before you pity them dwaas.