"Reconsidering 'GYPSY' As an Ethnic Slur As the DC Character Comes to the CW"

[drbat]

Reconsidering 'GYPSY' As an Ethnic Slur As the @DCComics Character Comes to @TheCW https://t.co/HRf4t4aoqE pic.twitter.com/pQsz6RrS9Z
- Newsarama (@Newsarama) January 26, 2017

Sleepy Hollow's actress Jessica Camacho is scheduled to debut as the DC Comics character Gypsy in the January 31 episode of the CW's The Flash, but for some people her arrival

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[flyfingers7]

it's really wild how Roma people will say

"This is a slur, if other Roma people use this word to describe themselves that's fine, but it's a racial slur coming from anywhere else" people fucking LOSE it and foam at the mouth about Big Fat G*psy Wedding. why are they so attached to this word?

[nujagurl]

???

[flyfingers7]

i read the comments of the article on the website, people just flat out deny that it's a slur and political correctness is ruining everything.

[peripheralpill]

"political correctness is ruining everything"

hearing wypipo say this is literally going to be the thing that finally gives me an aneurysm

[summerswings]

So disgusted by all the white girls on insta with their #wanderlust #gypsy tags because they're ~so bohemian. The same people who love wear Native American headdresses to show how chill they are and don't wanna hear how offensive they're being.

[emilycup]

Yep!! They're the same girls who say ~good vibes only~ in their insta profile but if you gently point out to them that the word is a slur they go straight to ~negative vibes~ real quick