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 âg*psiesâ are actual accurate representations of the Romani people
Fun facts about the word g*psy
If youâre a white bread kid calling yourself a g*psy itâs bullshit and racist
If you know people of Roma descent and they say g*psy, thatâs their right because it is a word that they can choose to reclaim or use but you canât (think of it like the ânâ word. You may know black people that use it but you shouldnât if you arenât a black person because thatâs not right)
The term being âgyppedâ or being cheated or swindled originated from the racist slur g*psy so try saying something less fucking racist like âi got ripped offâ
Stop using that fucking word because itâs 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 thatâs 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 canât get through their thick fucking skulls