Bringing everyone into equal membership of society, especially disregarding race or religion.
Every member of society has unique contributions and needs. Some of these, like race and religion, are especially urgent to individual identity and must be actively preserved as different components of an intentionally diverse society.
While many other ethnic minorities in various countries wish to be recognised and integrated by the majority, Gypsies are traditionally suspicious and afraid of being corrupted by it. They fear that contact with non-Roma will lead to the disintegration of their traditionally strong family and community ties.