A Romany Gypsy says her children have been made to leave three schools due to racist abuse.
Charmaine Abdul-Karim has opened up about the discrimination gypsies and travellers face in 21st century Britain.
The woman, from Nantwich, Cheshire, even endured insulting words from a midwife when she was giving birth, Cheshire Live reported.
"It happens in all walks of life," the 42-year-old said.
"My birth experience was particularly traumatic. One of the biggest things that can happen in a woman's life is to give birth.
"My experience left me with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder after a midwife said to me during a difficult labour where my son's cord was wrapped around his neck 'your kind of people just want to come in, push other people out and steal everything'."
Charmaine says that the discrimination extends to the workplace and that she has been forced to resign from several jobs as a result of racist treatment.
She said: "I was working at a very large wedding venue near Nantwich and colleagues would go to my manager saying I was a gypsy and I was not to be trusted as 'gypsies are thieves'.
"I had to leave after feeling extremely unwelcome."
The abusive treatment has also been extended to her children, forcing them to have move schools three times.
The mum-of-two added: "My children have had to leave three schools as a result of racist bullying, one headteacher even did a social services evaluation without my knowledge which was very distressing.
"Another situation where an ambulance had to be called, the school staff were more interested in telling paramedics that my family were 'travellers' rather than helping."
Charmaine believes that people feel it is acceptable to be discriminatory towards her community in a way they wouldn't to others.
"We are one of the few communities where it seems acceptable to still be racist towards, despite being an indigenous people to this country," she continued.
"We are fighting against a system that is abhorrently racist, and what is happening now with anti-trespassing laws is basically 'forced assimilation'."
The mum has argued that social media and online abuse is playing a big role in the rise of discrimination and racism towards the Romany community.
"This abuse is having a terrible effect on Romany children in schools and colleges everywhere and it filters down into schools and workplaces," she said.
"The social media companies should be doing much more to stop it, and be held accountable."
Charmaine now wants to work with Cheshire East Council and build bridges with the community to help foster a greater understanding of the Romany Gypsy community, encourage integration, and stamp out racism.
She believes the illegal encampments cropping up in the area are due to the local authority not having enough permanent and transit gypsy and traveller sites.
She explained: "We want to work with Cheshire East Council to arrange for one more permanent site and one more transit site and we are more than willing to help in any way possible to get these two sites up and running.
"So far the local authorities have not provided us with enough sites, so it is no wonder that illegal encampment sites pop up as there is not enough space for us.
"We believe in community unity and we are part of the Cheshire East community, we're not going anywhere and we have every right to be here."
