Yesterday was #HolocaustRemembranceDay, and too often there are people who are left out of the conversation who the Nazis also tried to exterminate. The Roma people are still subject to considerable discrimination today, and right now we can at least take one step to be more respectful of the Roma by retiring the g*psy slur and listening more to Roma/Sinti community activists. Repost from @terms_of_engagement • The continued use of the derogatory term G*PSY outside of the Romani community by Non-Roma perpetuates the devaluing of historical and contemporary contributions of the Romani to our shared community. The continued use of these words contribute to anti-gypsyism efforts to dehumanize, control and exterminate Roma peoples. Careful and meaningful use of the language that is used by both Roma and non-Roma communities in the pursuit of justice is crucial to the recognition and liberation of Roma. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: We humbly apologize for not adequately detailing those members of the community that identify as Gitanos, Ciganin or Cingene who have built their identities on words that share similar origins with Gypsy. The autonomy lies with individuals and their communities to choose how they identify. The purpose of this post is to communicate that, in a North American/European context, it is not the authority of non-Roma to decide when, where and how the word g*psy and it's European equivalents are used to identify Romani peoples. #antigypsyism #racialslurs #gypsy #tsigani #gyp #gypped #bohemianstyle #notyourgypsy #roma #OpreRoma #RomaNation #Romani #unitedANDunqiue #useyourwords #wordsmatter #speakup #solidarity #decolonize #antiracismeducation #holocaustremembranceday #internationalholocaustremembranceday https://www.instagram.com/p/CKl14EpMhso/?igshid=185dsel4gb1sp
