I have to be honest: I am not as familiar with the US as most people on Hacker News. > that's one man's specific political views versus an unsourced assertion

I have to be honest: I am not as familiar with the US as most people on Hacker News. > that's one man's specific political views versus an unsourced assertion and it fails to satisfy. I’m not trying to tell anymore. I have asked to journalist friends why they do not write on the topic, and none gave a reasonable answer. I can assure you that my experiences are mirrored by people who were confronted to bad situations; people who weren’t just find it incredible and dismiss them. > I wouldn't generalise, but I'm not yet confident that you should generalise either. I don’t want to. I would like to see the ties between the violent thieves that I was confronted to and the glorious culture that I heard so much about. Internal tensions in the community are probably fascinating… but it’s completely undocumented. Once again: I answered questions about why Europeans have such a violent reaction to Gypsies. There are countless incredibly shocking anecdotes of open racism against gadjos. I know my stories are true. If you want to finance journalists to look into it in more details, be my guest. I have tried, and I really hated the response I got from Roma officials.