Here we have the Gypsy Council as the national representative group, so it's not the word itself that's the problem (we have others that are), but the nuance can tip very easily into abuse.
That is a difference between countries, then; I mostly see people talking about the word as unreclaimable. That's useful to know!
My assumption on reading your description, not having seen it, is that Gheorge is objecting as a non-Romani to being called one, but I haven't seen the film. Is it established in the movie if he's Romani or not?
I thought the character was, or at least that there was room to read him as such, because "Don't call me that" is different from "That's not what I am." Wikipedia thinks so, but I can't tell if Wikipedia is getting its summary from official materials or from reader consensus. The actor himself is Romanian and I don't have much personal information beyond that.
There's a lot more negative reaction to Romanian immigrants than to, say, Polish.
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That is a difference between countries, then; I mostly see people talking about the word as unreclaimable. That's useful to know!
My assumption on reading your description, not having seen it, is that Gheorge is objecting as a non-Romani to being called one, but I haven't seen the film. Is it established in the movie if he's Romani or not?
I thought the character was, or at least that there was room to read him as such, because "Don't call me that" is different from "That's not what I am." Wikipedia thinks so, but I can't tell if Wikipedia is getting its summary from official materials or from reader consensus. The actor himself is Romanian and I don't have much personal information beyond that.
There's a lot more negative reaction to Romanian immigrants than to, say, Polish.
Why so?