Why are romani people or gypsies despised in Europe so much?

I’m an American Gypsy. Ciganos and Gitanos or cale ( Portuguese and Spanish gypsies) well half cale and half white.i want to hear from people living in Europe why there is so much distrust and aversion to gypsies as a whole?

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BohoBabe · M

Same reason the Irish Travellers were hated for so long. They were a poor semi-nomadic minority, so they often turned to crime for survival.