Whenever I see any mention of Romani people on social media, it's usually followed up with foaming-at-the-mouth, hateful drivel like this. I can only imagine how mentally and emotionally exhausting it is for someone actually of Roma descent.

Part of what initially drew me to genuine Leftism in the first place was the staunch opposition to racism, going all the way back to the SPA and CPUSA in the early 20th Century. Learning about the less-than-ideal racial history of those groups (Courtesy of J. Sakai), as well as more socially-reactionary strains of Left Wing thought, was sobering and this just reminds me of that. The revolution needs to be every bit social as it is economic.