• kazerniel@lemmy.world
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      22 days ago

      ^ This. In my native Hungary, as much as we would all count as “white” to someone from an actually racially diverse country, people are still super racist against Romani people. Even allegedly progressive people.

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      Many Romani Americans keep their identity a secret due to harmful stereotypes from the media that depict >Roma as nomads, scammers, beggars and thieves.[50] 70% of Romani Americans hide their Romani identity to avoid stigmatization

      That seems worse than in Europe