Change the Offensive Definition of Gypsy from Dictionary.com
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We, the undersigned, protest Dictionary.coms entry for the term Gypsy that defines a Gypsy as one of a vagabond race... living by theft, fortune telling, horsejockeying, tinkering (fourth entry down the page: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=gypsy ) We find this entry incorrect and offensive and request that it be removed immediately and substituted with a more suitable definition.
Brought to you by the Advocacy Project (http://www.advocacynet.org) as part of our Friends of Roma initiative (http://advocacylists.org/mailman/listinfo/roma_advocacylists.org)
Brought to you by the Advocacy Project (http://www.advocacynet.org) as part of our Friends of Roma initiative (http://advocacylists.org/mailman/listinfo/roma_advocacylists.org)
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Andrew J
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I find this entry highly offensive. Romanies (popularly but innacurately called "Gypsies") are a race of people, not nomadic thieves. This is racist and absurd.
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Courtney N
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It never ceases to amaze me. Any such regarding any other ethnic group would result in lawsuits and human rights groups out for blood but the stereotypes and slurs regarding our people remain intact.
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Joanne Shepherd
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I found this definition myself before finding this petition and was shocked that such an outright generalisation and stereotype could be put forward as a dictionary definition!
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Rom Haroldsl
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Would you say something derogatory about a Hebrew or African-American in a defination of same, No it would deter sales of your biased dictionary, etc.
10 March 2015
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