![]() Gypsies and Travellers in England have historically been policed as a 'problem' to settled communities. ![]() Therefore, racism against Roma and the travelling people cannot be explained merely with ‘culture as choice’ theory but rather with ‘culture as nature’ or as ‘Romaphobia’. Although assimilation into majority population’s lifestyle has increased Finnish Roma’s socio-economic well-being, it has not eradicated racism and discrimination against them. Since their lifestyle is perceived as ‘deviant’, they are discriminated and face racism in all levels of the English society, which in turn decreases their well-being. They prefer (although are rarely allowed) to live on caravan sites with their extended family groups while being self-employed. On the contrary, English Gypsies and Irish Travellers in England continue to be subjected to assimilation that is institutionally racist, and therefore, in contrast to the individualism preferring Finnish Roma, are and often wish to be, highly segregated from the wider English society. This means preferring to live in settled contemporary housing with nuclear families, further away from rest of their kin, and to work from ‘nine until five’ in the waged labour market. After being targeted with positive discrimination measures in housing in 1970s and 80s, the Finnish Roma not only live in the same areas than the majority Finns but also wish to “live well” according to majority populations’ norms.
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