I think you're quite right, alanabit. Racism is balkan countries is rampant and you can include Lituania, Estonnia, Romania and Spain as countries who have never addressed the issue. There is a definite social heirarchy based on a perception of some groups of people being superior to others. Discrimination serves to maintain the status quo. Gypsys are on the bottom rung of the ladder but there are many groups in between Gypsys and the ruling minorities.

At least in the U.S. the subject is out in the open, attempts have been made to address the issue and it is seen as political incorrect by most. In the countries mentioned above, the social heirarchy is considered normal based on a false notion of superiority. It will only take a major economic hardship for the general population to blame the easily identified lower classes and turn on them with violence. The anger is just boiling beneath the surface.