I read the novel some time ago, but not too much tbh. And it seems like the author intents to make the romani group a minor villain. The ML really hates them with a passion, to the point of killing them. Sadly this won't be the only time they will get referred as the g-slur.
Wish people were this passionate about black people honestly.
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I’m confused since when the word gypsy is a slur? Or did you mean another word? And if this is a slur then what are they supposed to be called?
taking this straight from a university's article: “Roma” is the word that the Roma use to describe themselves: it is the term for the members of that specific people and it is Romani for “man”. “Gypsy” is a derogatory, disparaging term – for many an insult — used by the majority population to define the Roma people.
Juju translation: In other words....JUST GOOGLE IT.
[For real it ain't that hard]
Ouuu first I'm hearing of this! Thank you, I've learned something new
Considering they lived on the road and were not bound to land was why they were called gypsy. The word itself was not offensive. It simply meant free spirited people who loved to move which was what Romani people did. It was the civilized society who constantly blamed them for stealing and other criminal offenses was what gave the word gypsy bad name. People need to learn history.
I'm really into this art and story, but the inclusion of the g*****s is putting me off. The Roma are a really, historic group of people. G***y is a slur. And the traits they listed in this chapter are racist stereotypes of the Romani people that have existed for decades. I REALLY hope the author doesn't end up making them a villain of some sort, relying on those tropes. Yikes. :(