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Human rights
RAE remove the discriminatory definition of gypsy
Victory reached on Jan 18, 2016
The Royal Academy of the Spanish Language has changed a reference in its definition of gipsy as "tricky" accepting that is used as an "offensive or discriminatory '.
Hopefully this is a first step to get it to stop discriminating against the Romani community throughout the Spanish-speaking world.
Thanks to everyone who signed the petition!
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Original petition
Addressed to: RAE Director Dario Villanueva
RAE must remove the discriminatory definition of the term gypsy
The State Council of the Romani People of Spain has launched a campaign moving to the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) to change in their dictionaries a "discriminatory" definition of the term 'gypsy'. According to local media reports, this project has been funded by the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality Spanish and the European Social Fund.
The Spanish Royal Academy of Language has already said last year that not rectified input gypsy as "tricky" or "one who seeks to deceive," and this seems highly discriminatory, so we demand its director and anyone working in the RAE to rectify this entry from all dictionaries!
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