Stop calling people who practice palm reading, scrying, and tarot readings g*psies
Stop calling women who wear head scarves and flowing skirts and metal jewelry g*psies
Stop calling nomadic people g*psies
Stop calling free-spirited people g*psies
Stop calling hippies g*psies
Stop using the term g*psy in your title, header, url or links you put on posts
Stop thinking that Hollywood “g*psies” are actual accurate representations of the Romani people
Fun facts about the word g*psy
If you’re a white bread kid calling yourself a g*psy it’s bullshit and racist
If you know people of Roma descent and they say g*psy, that’s their right because it is a word that they can choose to reclaim or use but you can’t (think of it like the “n” word. You may now POC’s that use it but you shouldn’t if you aren’t a POC because that’s not right)
The term being “gypped” or being cheated or swindled originated from the racist slur g*psy so try saying something less fucking racist like “i got ripped off”
Stop using that fucking word because it’s racist
What you can call them instead:
Roma/Romani (because that is the commonly accepted term to cover all branches and groups of the Romani peoples)
If you know that someone falls under the blanket term Roma, ask them what they would preferred to be referred to as because that’s just as fucking important as using the proper pronouns believe it or not
Someone from another minority which is regularly ignored, fetishized, and disrespected through the use of racist terms that people can’t get through their thick fucking skulls
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