Re: [Callers] Gypsy / "Redneck"

They spell it with the y. www.gypsy-association.co.uk On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 12:30 PM, John Meechan via Callers callers-at-lists.sharedweight.net |sharedweight-garyes| < lc5ghe4...@sneakemail.com> wrote: > We’ve had very few opinions, other than heresay, about gipsies in the UK. > I have never

Re: [Callers] Gypsy / "Redneck"/honky

alf Of Tom Hinds via Callers Sent: 01 November 2015 22:41 To: Ron Blechner Cc: callers Subject: Re: [Callers] Gypsy / "Redneck"/honky As a caller I've often used self-defecating humor to get dancers to relax. It shows that we callers are human and can make mistakes etc. It al

Re: [Callers] Gypsy / "Redneck"

In the season premiere of the U.S. tv show "Black-ish,” in an episode that tackles who can use what racial slurs, “negro” comes up and causes offense to Black characters. The following exchange occurs, between the protagonist’s consistently racist boss and the protagonist: “Well, in that case,

Re: [Callers] Gypsy / "Redneck"/honky

Tom, my estimation of you has risen even higher! > On Nov 1, 2015, at 5:41 PM, Tom Hinds via Callers > wrote: > > When this discussion started I decided to actually use honky instead of gypsy > the next time I called. I would of course explain to the dancers

Re: [Callers] Gypsy / "Redneck"

On Nov 1, 2015 3:30 PM, "John Meechan via Callers" < callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > > I have never heard the term gipsy used as a pejorative for Romany gipsies, in fact their national body is called the Gipsy Council. > That might just mean it's an old organization. In the US the NAACP

Re: [Callers] Gypsy / "Redneck"/honky

Tom, I find it humorous that we both had the same thought experiment. I read "honky" as less offensive than "redneck", but that may be subjective and/or semantic. To be very plain: The image we conjure up of a "gypsy" is a stereotype. "Gypsy" for many invokes images of coin hip scarves and

Re: [Callers] Gypsy / "Redneck"/honky

When this discussion started I decided to actually use honky instead of gypsy the next time I called. I would of course explain to the dancers this extremely important and delicate issue that is now confronting the contra dance community. Why not get a chuckle from the floor? I

Re: [Callers] Gypsy / "Redneck"

Blechner via Callers Sent: 01 November 2015 19:38 To: Tom Hinds Cc: callers Subject: Re: [Callers] Gypsy / "Redneck" "who on this list believe that contra dancers have a negative view of the Romani people because of the word gypsy?" Over the last few days, as this conversation

Re: [Callers] Gypsy / "Redneck"

"who on this list believe that contra dancers have a negative view of the Romani people because of the word gypsy?" Over the last few days, as this conversation has spilled out onto a few forms of social media, I have now heard specific stories about people who are Roma and/or have Roma heritage