Vlad the Impaler: The True Story of Dracula

He's always been a very interesting figure in history. A very brutal man, but his brutality was in service of protecting his country from Turkish imperialism so there's an argument about whether such extreme measures were justified in some way. However, his brutality wasn't only saved for Turks. What he did to the Roma was... barbaric and there's no justification to that. My only question is was his treatment of the Roma any worse than any other Romanian rulers? As I understand it they were seen as subhuman and were treated like cattle like blacks were here in the States. Romania was probably the worst place to be a Romani at the time. Honestly though, Europeans kind of shock me whenever you bring up the Roma to them. They seem to openly and unashamedly despise them and talk about them in terms that no one would talk about any group in the United States, and when you point it out to them they go, "yes, but they're actually all scum!" or, "have you actually ever met a Gypsy?"

I'm very sure the stereotype of them being thieves and crooks does have its origin in real facts, whatever they may be, as most stereotypes do, but it's like, dang, dial it back a bit will you? It's why I always cock an eyebrow when Europeans accuse Americans of being racist.