Not Roma, but I do know a couple (Reply #3)

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3. Not Roma, but I do know a couple

One doesn’t like it, the other doesn’t care. I haven’t heard any specific complaints about either song, but I recently read someone who performs the Cher song as “Roma Tramps and Thieves”

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]	Coventina	Apr 19	OP
From July 2021...	PoliticAverse	Apr 19	#1
The Romani, colloquially known as the Roma, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group,	elleng	Apr 19	#2
Not Roma, but I do know a couple	AZSkiffyGeek	Apr 19	#3
Yup, knew one in college. She loved to play up the stereotypes to mess with people	Amishman	Apr 19	#31
Why would some rando on DU claiming to have Roma heritage make you feel better about it?	meadowlander	Apr 19	#4
It's a discussion board. I wanted their opinion. I never play those songs	Coventina	Apr 19	#5
But why specifically their opinion if not to reduce any guilt about liking the song if you can	meadowlander	Apr 19	#6
Exactly this +1 nt	Tree-Hugger	Apr 19	#16
jesus	eShirl	Apr 19	#17
Egypt, the gypsies word and more	Tetrachloride	Apr 19	#8
The word "Gypsy" is an exonym. Meaning it's a name given to the Romani by outsiders.	Solly Mack	Apr 19	#7
+1 nt	Tree-Hugger	Apr 19	#15
Here is a way to deal with the issue.	multigraincracker	Apr 19	#9
Are there black people on DU that want to comment on the nword?	obamanut2012	Apr 19	#10
Exactly +1 nt	Tree-Hugger	Apr 19	#13
Bingo.	yardwork	Apr 19	#18
They Aren't Responsible	RobinA	Apr 19	#19
This has been a known slur for decades, and the US has the largest Roma population	obamanut2012	Apr 19	#23
It's Roma	AZSkiffyGeek	Apr 19	#32
I am so exhausted with it, Yardie	obamanut2012	Apr 19	#22
Big Fat Gypsy Weddings	Mosby	Apr 19	#34
It's not as negative as that	treestar	Apr 19	#21
Yes, it literally is	obamanut2012	Apr 19	#24
It's literally not	treestar	Apr 19	#27
So "not as offensive as the N-word is the yardstick?"	AZSkiffyGeek	Apr 19	#30
It varies across countries; in the UK, most don't see it as a slur at all	muriel_volestrangler	Apr 19	#11
Indeed, Gypsies are recognized as a racial group in the UK and given legal protection:	Emrys	Apr 19	#14
"Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves"	Emrys	Apr 19	#12
It comes across as positive in Nicks' song	treestar	Apr 19	#20
"There is something romantic about it - it is not entirely a negative"	obamanut2012	Apr 19	#25
well you are applying your opinion	treestar	Apr 19	#26
"I don't find it offensive to use a known racial slur"	AZSkiffyGeek	Apr 19	#33
It's how it's used	muriel_volestrangler	Apr 19	#29
I don't know, but I learned many years ago that the term is offensive to	MineralMan	Apr 19	#28
My father was Roma	ellie	Apr 19	#35

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