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Tezcatlipoca · 21-03-2011, 21:54

Irish Travellers are a recognised ethnic minority, covered by the Race Relations Act. It's wrong to label them all as thieving **** etc., just as it's wrong to say e.g. all black people are thieving ****.

Some of them however really do not help the group as a whole, which does not help things regarding any attitude of / discrimination by non-Travellers. I'm not saying that it's OK to tar them all with the same brush, but I know (as someone in East Anglia) why so many people have such a bad opinion of Travellers.

My own experiences of Travellers have all been rather negative, as have those of my friends and colleagues.

No, that doesn't mean that all Travellers are bad, but it adds to the image, the stereotype.

One bad apple... etc.

21-03-2011, 21:54	#51
Tezcatlipoca Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Cambridge Posts: 16,760	Re: When is a traveller not a Traveller? Irish Travellers are a recognised ethnic minority, covered by the Race Relations Act. It's wrong to label them all as thieving ** etc., just as it's wrong to say e.g. all black people are thieving *. Some* of them however really do not help the group as a whole, which does not help things regarding any attitude of / discrimination by non-Travellers. I'm not saying that it's OK to tar them all with the same brush, but I know (as someone in East Anglia) why so many people have such a bad opinion of Travellers. My own experiences of Travellers have all been rather negative, as have those of my friends and colleagues. No, that doesn't mean that all Travellers are bad, but it adds to the image, the stereotype. One bad apple... etc.