NEWS FLASH NON-ROMA PEOPLE
THE G-WORD, GYPSY, IS A SLUR. STOP USING IT TO DESCRIBE ROMA PEOPLE. STOP JOKINGLY CALLING YOURSELF BY IT BECAUSE YOU LOVE TO TRAVEL. STOP SAYING IT ISN’T A RACIAL SLUR BECAUSE ROMA ISN’T A VALID RACE. IF YOU CLAIM TO BE PART-ROMA, BUT KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE HISTORY OR CULTURE, STOP USING THE WORD. YOU ARE SLURRING OUT YOUR OWN PEOPLE, AND YOU PROBABLY HAVE NOTHING MORE THAN BLOOD CONNECTING YOU TO THE ROMA COMMUNITY. PLEASE. STOP. I AM SO TIRED OF SEEING THIS WORD IN MAINSTREAM MEDIA USED AS CASUALLY AS SIMILAR SLURS WERE BACK IN THE 40′S. YOU ALL KNOW WHAT I MEAN. I AM TIRED OF HAVING TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE THAT I AM ROMA, ONLY FOR THEM TO EITHER SAY “OH YOU MEAN YOU’RE A G-WORD” OR THEM NOT KNOWING WHAT THE HELL I MEAN, AND ME HAVING TO DESCRIBE MYSELF AS THAT BECAUSE OF THE COMMONALITY OF IT. LITERALLY. STOP. PLEASE. THE WORD IS NOT RECLAIMED AT ALL. IT IS STILL USED IN COMMON CURRENT MAINSTREAM MEDIA AND SYNONYMOUS WITH ROMA. IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO USE.