Madoff was a crook plain and simple. The difference tho is, he does not come from a group that is dedicated to thievery and scams, or teaches children by age of 7 how to pick pockets, and then send those kids out on the streets. He was (is) a lying bag of shit that deserves to spend his life in jail. He scammed a lot people as in Ponzi scheme but he doesn’t come from a people that makes that sort of behavior the norm for the group. In fact, he disgraces that group. If he were a gypo, they’d pat him on the back and say well done Bernie. When caught and put on trial that group would gather round him and scream RACE.
There are Irish Travelers (so called) in the USA who come very close to this Roma group and have been a problem for years. The ppl in Europe might be even worse. You might not be aware of that, living so far away from where it happens.
There’s a reason why when you’ve been cheated that you say you’ve been gyped.
I’m going to go back to this question. When you’re dealing with a member of an organization that engages in violent or deceitful practices, is it still discrimination to deal with them accordingly?
Notice I’m not calling them a race or a religion, I’m calling them an organization dedicated to deceit.
In another case, while Islam is considered a religion, the Islamists in particular can be considered a violent organization. The Italian Mafia is strongly associated with he Catholic Church, that doesn’t make the Mafia a religion.