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there is an item here on gaia that use an ethnic slur in it's name. this is the petition to get that changed.

http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/petitions/ethnic-slurs-in-item-names/t.65777875/

Thanks so much for posting this, I have signed it and will post in other guilds as well biggrin

here's a website & some more info about the Roma --
http://www.voiceofroma.com/index.html


Voice Of Roma president Sani Rifati writes:

"I won't play you a sad song on my violin. I do not have a bandana. I do not have a golden tooth. I do not have long hair or a golden hoop in my ear. I am just trying to speak up for my people:

to tell you about their suffering and the persecution they've endured throughout the centuries
to ask you to fight against ignorance, prejudice and stereotypes
Simply put, as a place to start: please call me Rom."

Some important words/terminology in the Romani language:

Rom - Noun: human being, person, man, husband (sing.).
Roma - Noun: people (pl.)
Rroma - Noun: people, alternative spelling (some Romani scholars/activists prefer to write it in this form so that readers will not confuse it with the city of Rome in Italy.)
Romani - Adjective : as in, Romani language, history, culture etc...
Romani/Romanes - Noun: the spoken language of Romani people, derives from the Sanskrit, Punjabi region in East India.
Herdeljezi - Noun: advent of summer, also known as "Saint George Day" celeliation
Mahala - Noun: community, neighborhood, or the district where Roma live
Gadje - Noun, plural: non-Roma, outsiders (Gadjo/Gadji - non-Romani man/woman)
Gadjikane - Adjective: non-Romani, foreign
Porrajmos - "the Devouring", the Holocaust
Opre Roma - Expression: "Rise up, Roma!"

If anyone has ever read the Incarnations of Immortality by Piers Anthony, he does one book in the series on a girl who follows the world over searching for a song and a dance known only to the roma. It's really beautiful.