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Who cares about the Redskins? Probably not first lady Michelle Obama, who turned her sights on insulting the Romani minority community Monday.
While describing her struggles as a working mother, the usually politically correct first lady used the racial slur, gypped.
“The first thing I tried to do, which was a mistake, was that I tried the part-time thing… I realized I was getting gypped on that front,” Obama told ABC’s Robin Roberts at the White House Summit on Working Families. “What happened was I got a part-time salary but worked full time.”
The term “gypped” is a racial slur deriving from the word “gypsy,” a slur for the Roma. The slur refers to the act of defrauding or robbing through practices such as swindling or cheating. The correct usage of the term is most certainly not synonymous to “slighted or “cut short.”
Defenders of Romani point out that the abbreviation, “gyp,” is nothing more than a callous slur used by the culturally insensitive. Similar slurs to “gypped” include “Jewed down” or calling someone an “Indian giver.”
originally posted by: butcherguy
a reply to: intrepid
How many even know it's a racial slur?
No excuse.
Only the Romani minority community may use the term without fear of repercussion, if the recent past has taught us anything.
originally posted by: intrepid
I think it's another non-issue. TONS of those lately. My 2 points:
1) Who hasn't used that word?
2) How many even know it's a racial slur?
originally posted by: intrepid
originally posted by: butcherguy
a reply to: intrepid
How many even know it's a racial slur?
No excuse.
Only the Romani minority community may use the term without fear of repercussion, if the recent past has taught us anything.
So a person is guilty even if they didn't know they were committing a crime?
originally posted by: kimar
I have a feeling that the people who get upset about this are people who only get upset with racial slurs when they are made by their political opponents.
originally posted by: ABNARTY
OK. I was ignorant of the origin of that word. I have used it a thousand times and never meant squat against anybody. I couldn't tell you if I ever even met a Gypsy.
I am guessing FLOTUS was probably in the same boat.
However, that just must mean it is time for a pride parade, a national awareness week, lots of litigation, and outrage all around.
Harumph!
originally posted by: intrepid
So a person is guilty even if they didn't know they were committing a crime?