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apparently racially motivated attacks

Gypsies are a race?

[TomOnTheRun]

Gypsies are a race?

Yep. The Roma ... sometimes called Romani. Which should not be confused with the Romanians. Not everybody referred to as gypsies are actually gypsies/Roma. I know Wikipedia is hardly authoriatative but it's an easy point to start... here.

[a fool in paradise]

It’s a way of life. Like homosexual.