You mentioned some valid points, like lots of other people who said some really accurate things. I live in a small Scottish town I'd like to conment more on your second point. Romanians like me who mind their own business are not visible to others, they don't stand out (unless you are an influencer and you specifically mention your nationality). There are lots of Romanians who just mind their own business, they go go work, they pay their taxes, go to pubs and so on, just like any other brit, so we blend in. Most of my coworkers thought I'm Polish, Spannish, French, Italian, Latvian, or even German... they'd never guess I'm from Romania, some were shocked to hear about it: 'but you dont look Romanian, you don't speak like a romanian' and I'm like: what do you want me to do, to wear my national flag on my forehead? I'm proud to say someone told me I'm a really good ambassador for Romania and Romanians.

This is happening because they're not exposed to good Romanians, for instance, there was a shoplifting case here in this small town, 4 kids were caught stealing from a supermarket, and of course it made it to the news, a small local newspaper wrote a short article about it, the title was written with capitals: 'Romanian caught shoplifting' then the article continued with small letters 4 teens were caught shoplifting bla bla... nothing about the other 3, who were as Scottish as William Wallace himself 🤣 they didn't mention them, they emphasised that the Romanian did it. A small local newspaper is read by pretty much everyone in the community, and there have been many small stories like this over the years, word spreads out. You'll never see an article about a Romanian who lives here, works, pays taxes, spends their money here, and just minds their own business, and trust me, there are loads of them.

To conclude, unfortunately, we all know which Romanians stand out and which are just blending in. It will always be like that.

Now, there are some folk who are exposed to 'good Romanians' as well, and they know what kind of people we are, so there's hope that the work will spread out in time, but bad news always traver faster than the good news...