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20 || welcome to whatever this is :))
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shisasan

๐™ต๐šŽ๐š‹๐š›๐šž๐šŠ๐š›๐šข ๐Ÿท, ๐Ÿท๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿธ ๐šƒ๐š‘๐šŽ ๐™ณ๐š’๐šŠ๐š›๐š’๐šŽ๐šœ ๐™พ๐š ๐™ต๐š›๐šŠ๐š—๐šฃ ๐™บ๐šŠ๐š๐š”๐šŠ, ๐Ÿท๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿท๐Ÿบ-๐Ÿท๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿน

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ryebreadgf

on knowledge

[text ID: as a child, i knew everything before others my age did, i learnt to read like the words had always been mine and i was just taking them back, like they belonged to me, i knew how the clouds worked and why bees died after one sting - i thought the world was something you could swallow. i donโ€™t remember when i started falling behind, but suddenly i knew there were things i didnโ€™t know that others did, and shame with its cheeks glowing red told me not to ask, so i didnโ€™t, and listen: when you know this little about love, it feels like knowing nothing at all. outside my bed the sky is darkening, and here is what i know there are 117 million lakes in the world. i am lonely. 7 trillion nerves in the human body. i want to be touched. acacia trees can warn each other of danger. i donโ€™t think i was meant for love, like how grass isnโ€™t meant to grow tall or some insects arenโ€™t meant to live long, simple as that, nothing to mourn over, but i mourn, still. end ID]

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Anyway, daily reminder from a culturally isolated Romani person.

Gypsy does not mean wanderer.

It literally means โ€˜people from egyptโ€™ or similar, as europeans believed Romani people were from Egypt. It has become known similar to nomad due to how our ancestors have been forced to be nomadic due to racism and ostracization, but it is a SLUR.

Romani people are STILL being forcibly sterilized.

Romani people are STILL being forced into ghettos.

Romani people are still facing violence and danger in countless European countries- and recently, Iโ€™ve seen the beginnings of the extremes in the United States.

Have a little fucking respect and DONโ€™T USE A SLUR THATโ€™S BEEN USED FOR CENTURIES AGAINST US.

And for the love of whateverโ€™s up there, ESPECIALLY do not use it to describe your witchcraft. It is playing on the โ€˜magic gypsyโ€™ trope, and is EXTREMELY insulting.

non romani people, please reblog this.