I am loving calling “look-see” instead of “gypsy". Flirty, fun, easy to call, and gets at the exact point of the eye contact.
> On Oct 7, 2019, at 3:19 PM, Becky Liddle via Callers > <[email protected]> wrote: > > We should avoid the term “gypsy” in all ways, in my opinion, not just as an > official dance call. In some areas of the world it is a racial slur akin to > the N word. It has been reclaimed by some Roma in the same way some lesbians > have reclaimed “dyke” but when a term is reclaimed, it can still only be used > by a member of the group. I can call myself a dyke but you cannot, and a > black person can use the N word but I, as a white person, cannot. Since we > are not all Roma we need to avoid the term gypsy in the same ways we would > avoid other racial/ethnic/other slurs. I miss the term, myself. There was a > flirty quality to “gypsy” that “right shoulder round” simply cannot connote. > But if there were a traditional term that used “dyke” in it, I would object, > and I need to show the same respect to other groups. So when I call this > weekend, it will be “right shoulder round”, tho in the walk-thru I’ll also > say something like, “don’t forget to make a little joking-pretend-flirty eye > contact as you go around! That’s the fun of it!” > Becky > >> On Oct 7, 2019, at 3:07 PM, Mac Mckeever via Callers >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> only slightly related question: Why is it offensive to call a dance figure >> a gypsy but not offensive to be a dance gypsy? >> >> Mac McKeever >> > > _______________________________________________ > List Name: Callers mailing list > List Address: [email protected] > Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ <>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<> Delia Clark PO Box 45 Taftsville, VT 05073 Office/mobile: +1-802-457-2075 [email protected] www.deliaclarkconfluence.com
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