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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Sorry - I did not mean to hijack this thread with discussion of gypsies - just found it curious that the term 'dance gypsy' was used in the subject line. I have not heard of anyone addressing that usage. Please return to the original discussion</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Mac</div><div><br></div>
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On Monday, October 7, 2019, 02:46:21 PM CDT, Masha Goodman Crawford <mashagoodman@yahoo.com> wrote:
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<div dir="ltr"><span><span style="color:rgb(38, 40, 42);font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Becky - Excellent answer.</span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span><span style="color:rgb(38, 40, 42);font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br clear="none"></span></span></div><div dir="ltr">The first time I heard the term "gypsy" for the dance move, I happened to be living among Roma in Europe and was back in the states on a short visit.</div><div dir="ltr">The part that seemed particularly offensive to me was that the move was taught with the emphasis on gazing flirtatiously into the other dancer's eyes - something that would have been absolutely taboo among the people I had been travelling with. I suppose the name came from someone's mental image of a Flamenco dancer circling, and some idea that Gypsy = Flamenco? who knows. I discovered, much to my dismay, that many of my well-educated American friends thought "Gypsies" were just a fictional group or general term for folks who travel, hence the "dance gypsy" slang. They are a proud and very real ethnic group with a centuries-old language, customs, and a long history of being marginalized and persecuted.</div><div dir="ltr">In your mind, take any other group with a similar history, and substitute it: Would you teach dancers to do a "Xxx", and tell them that it means to behave a certain way with strangers? (Becky gave one good example, I can think of others as well.)</div><div dir="ltr">Can we just DROP the term "gypsy" altogether, please?</div><div dir="ltr">- Masha</div><div dir="ltr">(dancing and calling since 1978)</div><div><br clear="none"></div></div><div class="ydp58a8421yiv1753948322ydp71bc54dcyahoo_quoted" id="ydp58a8421yiv1753948322ydp71bc54dcyahoo_quoted_1372698107"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><div class="ydp58a8421yiv1753948322ydp71bc54dcyqt7425118546" id="ydp58a8421yiv1753948322ydp71bc54dcyqtfd54477">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">List Name: Callers mailing list<br clear="none">List Address: <a shape="rect" href="mailto:Callers@lists.sharedweight.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a><br clear="none">Archives: <a shape="rect" href="https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/</a><div class="ydp58a8421yiv1753948322yqt6037614111" id="ydp58a8421yiv1753948322yqtfd12603"><br clear="none"></div></div></div><div class="ydp58a8421yiv1753948322yqt6037614111" id="ydp58a8421yiv1753948322yqtfd49906">
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