Is the Roma reputation not based in reality? Like significantly moreso than other group stereotypes.

I have run into more than a few Europeans who wouldn’t so much as entertain a single racist thought, against Africans or East Asians or Indians etc.

But when it comes to the Roma, they suddenly turn extremely racist! But they don’t seem to consider it racism.

Some interesting cognitive dissonance going on. But I always chalked it up to the Roma thing being basically true and readily observable across Europe.

There's a great YouTube channel by a Romani guy about Roma history and culture: https://m.youtube.com/@florida.florian/videos