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> I don't think the evidence definitively supports the conclusion that it's down to which group. I've lived besides Gypsy communities, and had during school Gyp
by mihaic 2y ago
> I don't think the evidence definitively supports the conclusion that it's down to which group.
I've lived besides Gypsy communities, and had during school Gypsy friends. Some were in the top of the class, and many were not. The big predictor for integration was not ethnicity but culture.
Some have a culture that indoctrinated them to exploit and explicitly not integrate with the general population. How would you integrate a culture that explicitly rejects integration without changing the culture itself?
- dgb23 2y ago> Some have a culture that indoctrinated them to exploit and explicitly not integrate with the general population. Can we be more specific please? I live in an European country and have not observed what you're describing here. There are individuals and groups that have tendencies like you describe, but the generalization doesn't hold in my eyes. I've had refugees in my family, inner circle, at workplaces and so on. The most general observation I can make is that people who tend to flee or migrate from authoritarian, politically oppressive places tend to be very appreciative of social democratic systems.
- mihaic 2y agoSpecifically I meant some groups of Gypsies from Eastern Europe, where I've seen this behavior. Most immigrants don't fall in this pattern though, like you describe.