This was an interesting read. I am from Romania, so you can imagine- we have a lot of Rroms or Gypsies( this is how they call themselves there). I do agree with everything you said, but I have 2 problems: in my country, the Rroms or Romani steal. Some are beggars or try to guess your future in your hand, but if you are not careful, they attack and steal your wallet. In public transportation this may happen too, if you are not careful. Otherwise, there are also ok, like people who sing at weddings, parties, etc. If they wouldn’t attack people to steal from them, no one would have a problem with them, I think. And secondly- Romanian people are being confused with them, at the point that Romania is considered to be “the Gypsies land”, which is absolutely false, but because of the name similarities the confusion is impossible to avoid…