I'm uncomfortable with the use of any racial term in the name of a dance move. Especially if it's an offensive racial term, but even if it's a neutral racial term.
Imagine if there were a dance move entitled "Black-man swing"? (I think that part of why "Gypsy" flies under the radar is because many people here don't immediately perceive it as a racial term.) Yes, I'm an outsider to Roma culture. But I hope that Roma people, or any people, don't feel like outsiders to the dance group. Using their name as a dance move implies that they are -- there would never be a Contra dance move entitled "white-person swing". regards, Alan Rosenthal, dancing in and around Toronto, Canada. _______________________________________________ List Name: Callers mailing list List Address: [email protected] Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
