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Oh sure, a specific ethnic group has a crime issue cited by vaguely referenced 'statistics'. I wonder where I have heard that one before.
That's literally the exact same thing. They don't have a criminality problem as a people, they have a profiling problem and an inability to be seen as equal when looking for work. The only thing perpetuating the stereotype is the widespread acceptance of the stereotype. It is the exact same systemic racism as every other kind. You are indeed perpetuating racism against them.
It only doesn't feel like racism to you because it's the opinion you hold.
But your words are the exact same words, for the exact same reason that other racists use them.
That is the same claim that "racist" in the US make all the time... Simply assuming that a person engages in criminal activity because of their ethnicity is bigotry.
US citizen is not an ethnic group you moron.
If you're being serious, I think you share a widely held misconception around what "racism" is. The Romani are an ethnic group and you're saying "we" hate them (you could just stop here as anything beyond this is just rationalisation), not because of their ethnic group, but because of criminality within that ethnic group. That doesn't really make sense, if you think about it.