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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who told you that it was?  Gypsy comes from a mistake about the origins of the Roma/Sinti/travelers and it offensive to many, but I've never seen anyone claim it is *exactly* like the n-word.  Both are slurs. [b] One has a more robust history of terror in the United States.[/b] [/quote]

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Just look at murder stats by race/ ethnicity of accused.

I do not see many Roma there.[/quote]

We don't really have a population on Roma here either. [/quote]

DC has a nice Roma population. They own some businesses in Adams Morgan and, I'm sorry to say, they beg in the suburbs.[/quote]

In most European countries they beg all over the place. Imagine outside EVERY Safeway (even the most remote ones you don't even understand how they got there), every CVS etc. Here, I am yet to see one. [/quote]

They are always near the entrance and exit of 495 at Connecticut Ave. I knew some Roma in Adams Morgan. They were very nice people. Good to their kids. Normal people.[/quote]

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