Roma and Romanians are two different things.
GP is well aware of the distinction but wants to erase the unique, Indian in origin, identity of Roma - classic european cultural genocide.
Also this article is a hit piece on Romania.
It claims:
"When slavery was finally abolished in 1856, the 250,000 Roma slaves – around 7% of the Romanian population at the time – received no reparations, while their abusers were handsomely compensated"
Yet Romania was founded in 1859.
Furthermore, Roma people were not enslaved by the Orthodox Church.
They were already enslaved when brought by the mongols from India during their campaigns of invasion.
And finally, many of these "palaces" are built using stolen money usually from western europe. Such acts have done great damage to Romania and Romanians.
Umm.. What ?
> They were already enslaved when brought by the mongols from India during their campaigns of invasion.
I'm not sure what you're trying to say here, that all Romanians are Indian in origin ? You're grouping everything all in together as the article did.
> And finally, many of these "palaces" are built using stolen money usually from western europe.
Again im lost here as to what you're referencing, some links maybe to follow up with this.
"Roma people" or "Romani people" is a synonym for gypsies, which is considered less offensive and politically correct, like using "African-Americans".
"Roma people" exist in all Europe, but most of them are in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Slovakia.
There is no special connection between "Roma people" and "Romanians", except that Romania is one of the countries of Eastern Europe where many "Roma people" live.
The accidental similarity between the politically correct name for "Roma people" and "Romanians" has produced thousands or tens of thousands of incorrect news and comments in the media of USA and Western Europe during the last few decades.
The most plausible hypothesis about the origin of the name "Roma people" is that they have taken this name during their passage through the Byzantine Empire, because the Byzantine Greeks called themselves "Romaioi", i.e. "Romans".