Changing the name, sign of the same problems

An article recently published by TAZ (in German) about a campaign started in Romania, by a local newspaper, for changing the name designating the Roma minority to Gypsy, the reason being the vocal similitude with Romania. It is said Roma and Romania could be confused, the Romanians would be by mistake considered Roma. In Romania, Hungary, Czech Republic and in the Balkan countries, Roma is the politically correct, officially used name, because the word "Gypsy" is charged with negative, xenophobic feelings. This public pressure in Romania is dued to the recent campaign directed against Romanians leaving in Italy. One of the assumptions is the main guilt is dued to the Roma who are high-ranking among the crime perpetrators. The debate is focused on race, not on citizenship, as the Roma - and what it is called the "prejudices against the image of the country abroad" - are full rights citizens of Romania. Fortunate enough, on their identity documents is not mentioned the ethnic group to whom they belong to. So, the question of switching from Roma to Gypsy is a fake problem, tempting to avoid addressing the core of the issue: considering the individuals from the point of view of their citizens rights and obligations, and not according to their ethnic identity.