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Pony Corral / Re: Unofficial Renaming of G*psy?
« on: July 07, 2021, 01:31:42 PM »
I think that it would be great to refer to her as Tambourine!
As someone who grew up in a conservative part of America, I've only realized that the word G*psy (and the related verb that I heard all the time at home) is seen by some as a slur relatively recently, and I've had to do some real work to remove it from my personal vocabulary. The most helpful article I've found related to this is this one by a Romani author.
To quote another article (I won't link to this one since it uses some Arena-inappropriate language), "I keep [the word] out of my vocabulary because Naomi, a marginalized person who has had the word used against her, says that the word is dangerous." If members of a marginalized group find a term historically used to describe them offensive or derogatory -- even if it's a fraction of the group, or a certain subset of it -- it's best to avoid using that term.
We don't lose anything at all by referring to this particular pony as Tambourine, so I'm all for it.
As someone who grew up in a conservative part of America, I've only realized that the word G*psy (and the related verb that I heard all the time at home) is seen by some as a slur relatively recently, and I've had to do some real work to remove it from my personal vocabulary. The most helpful article I've found related to this is this one by a Romani author.
To quote another article (I won't link to this one since it uses some Arena-inappropriate language), "I keep [the word] out of my vocabulary because Naomi, a marginalized person who has had the word used against her, says that the word is dangerous." If members of a marginalized group find a term historically used to describe them offensive or derogatory -- even if it's a fraction of the group, or a certain subset of it -- it's best to avoid using that term.
We don't lose anything at all by referring to this particular pony as Tambourine, so I'm all for it.
I have three Baby Stockings right now that all needed help to varying degrees, and I was sure I'd mixed them up until I realized I hadn't taken befores of the two that just needed little touch ups.
