Are gypsies/travellers an ethnic minority?

coragryph

Romani gypsies, of several families, could reasonably be considered an ethnic group, since they share similar related genetic traits and most share a common cultural history or ancestry.

Travelers may reflect a cultural subgroup, but the category contains too many different people to count as a single ethnic group.

taketwo

Romany Gypsies were originally from India.

melas

saintee

I think even the ethnics would reject them.

bob kerr

I think if you are talking about Romanies possibly. As regards the wider gypsy/traveller communities definitely not, they are nothing more than itinerants.

deadly

You have to look at gypsies and travellers as two completely different peoples. There are very few real gypsy families about outside Ireland and Rumania. Travellers are usually migrant workers who travel the country doing cash jobs to avoid tax and NI. Many travellers have fixed homes but travel in their expensive vehicles conning people they are Irish gypsies.

big g

No.

99.9% of them are a set of scruffy,annoying tax dodging arses.

CHRIS S

gypsies are travellers are not

tysavage2001

No. They are not an ethnic minority. But they are a minority of the population overall. Good Luck ! :)

SundaeG1rl

Yes, I think they are considered as such.

Barking mad

They have been classified as so by this government, but not the Irish government, from whom they have fled.

periwinkle123

i personally dont think they shud be considered in any way other than they shud be punished as anyone wud, if the police force did its job gypsies/travelers/woteva wud have been sorted out years ago, i personally dontreally think ppl wud care quite so much if they werent criminals i know they leave all sorts of **** in their trail,but they wudnt be so hated if all they did was leave lots of litter.
the problem is that it cant be denied people are to scared, not without reason however.

myss33

coragryph's answer pretty much sums this topic up! That was an awesome answer!

girl afraid

Romany gypsies could claim to be such. But otherwise, no.

the little helper

i dont know but i think that they are abusive, nasty, theives and trouble

Corky

Probably like other odd groups - the majority spoil it for the minority!

Sneaky

No they are pains in the backsides who steal stuff and leave tonnes of litter all over!

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