Words and attitudes towards the Romani people. Like damn most forms of racism is called out but like Europe has like a searing hatred for them. Also stopped using the word and various of it.
I'm shocked at how common the term "gypped" still is, and most people using it seem to not even know it has anything to do with Romani (I didn't back when I still used the term).
I've been trying to get "anglo'd" to catch on as a replacement.
I hear that so often from otherwise genuinely progressive people, and it makes me physically cringe every time. Especially in America, people seem both unable and unwilling to understand why that term is problematic
There was a thread in /r/france a few hours ago on Romani people that is just abominable - just full on hatred in the whole thread. All highly upvoted comments.
Words and attitudes towards the Romani people. Like damn most forms of racism is called out but like Europe has like a searing hatred for them. Also stopped using the word and various of it.
I'm shocked at how common the term "gypped" still is, and most people using it seem to not even know it has anything to do with Romani (I didn't back when I still used the term).
I've been trying to get "anglo'd" to catch on as a replacement.
I didn't even realize that was a slur until about a year ago when someone pointed it out. The connection had never clicked in my mind.
Yeah, I don't care about the word Gypsy being used (as someone who is Roma) but 'gypped' does make me genuinely upset
I hear that so often from otherwise genuinely progressive people, and it makes me physically cringe every time. Especially in America, people seem both unable and unwilling to understand why that term is problematic
I was gonna type it but too drunk to figure out how to do that. Gonna see about using anglo'd though. That's brilliant tbh.
There was a thread in /r/france a few hours ago on Romani people that is just abominable - just full on hatred in the whole thread. All highly upvoted comments.
the whole thing is in some weird code
deleted by creator