"سراة" - Translation from Arabic to English

Although there was a Romany elite, who were comfortably off, the majority of that population was extremely poor, socially marginalized and discriminated against and the press often used offensive language when referring to it.
ومع أن هناك نخبة من سراة الغجر، فإن أغلبية هؤلاء السكان فقيرة فقرا مدقعا ومهمشة اجتماعيا وتعاني التمييز، كما أن الصحافة كثيرا ما تتحدث عنهم بلهجة مهينة.