"[Roma] are the largest minority on the continent and their situation is deplorable in terms of lack of respect for their human dignity, human well-being, being targeted for hate, exclusion, and shoved to the edges of our societies," European Council commissioner for human rights Michael O’Flaherty told EUobserver in an interview.
Yeah, Europeans say some INSANELY xenophobic shit about Roma.
There’s one in this thread and they’re completely unhinged
I saw. Really bad. Over 80% of Italians have negative opinions on them (I think it was Italians, can’t remember rn), and even as an American, a place known for bigotry and hatred (as it should be), I could never imagine 80% of our modern population being that discriminatory. Maybe I’ve just been mostly interacting with the minority, but still.
You hear a lot of racist shit in Europe. It’s not as bad in the big cities with large non-white populations but during times of xenophobia/super anti-immigration, the racism goes wild. Outside the big cities, it’s as bad or worse than country USA racism just without the global public microscope