[Callers] Gypsy / "Redneck"

[Jeff Kaufman via Callers]

On Nov 1, 2015 3:30 PM, "John Meechan via Callers" <
callers at 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 is a big
national organization which stands for "national association for the
advancement of colored people" but "colored people" is definitely not OK to
use anymore.
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