"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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[iznanassi]

looking forward to her messy statements on the matter

[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

[sluttyroyals]

Well damn, finally someone's pointing out that the name is a damn slur. You'd think with the way DC has handled Nightwing's heritage they would have cleared this issue up but nah.

Anyway I can't wait for the gadje to go all "rme" and latch onto the "but some Rroma are okay with it" argument they love to use without understanding why SOME of us have to call ourselves Gypsies. It's not because we like it, I can tell you that much.

[pivotandsway]

the comment right above yours, sigh

[arilicious]

i don't even want to respond to them, they don't know what they're talking about.

[lulufairybubble]

People are just so wack. We still have non Black people who cant grasp why they shouldnt say the n word so I totally am not shocked. People want to able to use any word they please and y'know what? They can. They can also get straight kicked in teeth after they use it. That can be the trade. Every time you use/'reclaim' a slur you have no business using or reclaiming , you get kicked in the face.

[hellforheaven]

mte I don't get why some people are so adamant on using slurs, well actually I think it's because they are assholes and do it on purpose to get a rise out of and disrespect people.

[vibeology_e]

Yep. They like the power and attention they get from using a word that they know is hurtful. They're just the smallest fucking people on the planet who need that "ego-boost" since they've got not one real thing in their lives that's makes them feel as good as that moment they can hurt another person.

[boomstick]

The same people who eyeroll when called out on using slurs are most often the same people who freak out over Starbucks trying to kill Christmas. They're selfish and racist, end of story.

[aotearoagal]

How likely is it they'll change the character name (on a scale of 1 to Trumplethinskin learning humility)?

[pivotandsway]

they might just refer to her by her civilian name idk. maybe they will even explain that the term is considered to be a slur. if they even have that concept on earth-19 where she's supposed to be from...