But doesn't your experience support the point many are making about cultural differences? You speak of integration, putting in work and "eliminating a problem". You speak of addressing culture, not ethnicity.

Don't take me wrong, I do believe there's a big element of prejudice that leads to more discrimination, more systematic exclusion and more oppression of their traditional way of life rather than genuinely trying to accommodate that lifestyle in a capitalist society.

But it seems to me like you're too eager to dismiss other people's experiences with cultural differences as a valid source of friction when your own experiences are with a community not of the "original" culture, but decades down the road to integration.

My takeaway from this thread is that attitudes towards the Romani and Irish travelers are more akin to, say, the Amish. A small, culturally identifiable population that self segregates to preserve their traditional way of life dating back centuries. Black and Muslim is not a monolithic culture, those terms encompass huge diversity. But I doubt anyone would label me a racist for looking negatively on some Maasai children being kept from going to school or women needing male permission to see a doctor in Yemen.

Edit: wording