Re: [Callers] [Organizers] contra dance gypsy

I wrote something about this recently that may (or may not) be of interest here (though it doesn't really say anything that others in this thread haven't already said): https://blog.samwhited.com/2019/07/right-shoulder-round/ On Tue, Oct 8, 2019, at 14:56, Jeffrey Spero via Callers wrote: This is a self fulfilling prophecy. If we require minorities to stand up for themselves, and in the mean time we continue to make them unwelcome at our dances, they won't come to the dances and won't be able to make their views known. Also, as far as I see, no one is suggesting that Roma can't call themselves whatever they want. They're just suggesting that white people don't own every word, and maybe shouldn't assume that it's okay for them to use a word which may be associated with persecution and fear. As long as no one here is contradicting or pretending to know better than people from a marginalized group that they're not a part of, it's perfectly appropriate to try and make marginalized groups that we're not a part of feel more welcome. If someone from one of these groups has feedback on how this is done, we should be attentive and respect their views and expertise. —Sam