My link to the Gypsy song thread wasn't because I think there's a lot of conscious or intentional bigotry around against Gypsies on the Mudcat. It was because itb demonstrated the way in wich the Nazi genocide against Gypsies hasn't entered into our consciousness in the way that the genocide against the Jews has.

That means that it's still possible for decent people to collude in this type of racism, and not recognise it. There was a time when the same kind of thing was true of anti-Semitism. Largely because the Jewish genocide has entered into our awareness, that is no longer the case with anti-Semitism (except of course for the sinister anti-Arab version which is so prevalent).