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Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 1:09 pm
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Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 2:50 pm
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Szen Allow me to copy and paste the response I gave in an email. XD Szen The "Gypsy fortune teller" is an offensive stereotype much like the "mammy" is for those of African heritage. The word "Gypsy" is offensive when used to describe anything other than an ethnic group. That is, people who choose to live a nomadic lifestyle are not Gypsies. People who make their livings going around swindling people are not Gypsies. (That one is especially offensive.) Fortune tellers are not Gypsies. Hippies who like to wear long skirts and belly dancing costumes are not Gypsies. Some people think that using the word "Gypsy" at all is equivalent of certain other taboo racial words. Those are the people I think are silly, because we call ourselves that, and if they claim to be Roma, I question their claims. XD Thanks for asking. :3 I saw the item and didn't buy it because of the name. Otherwise I would have, because I like it. If it was just "Fortune Teller", I would own it now. I did not read the thread, nor do I want to, because I strongly suspect that the thread is full of wannabes and haters, and I don't associate with either group. Nor do I really give 2 shakes about Gaia anymore. XD;
Well, if you put it like that, yeah. I'd be incredibly offended if they had "mammy/black sambo" items.
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Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 5:53 pm
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