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Said every ancient collapsed civilization.


When does one stop being a displaced person. All 4 of my grandparents were kicked out or had to leave the area their families were living in for generations (after being kicked out of other places). Am I a "displaced person?"


I'd assume that when you settle you stop being displaced? There is - I assume - a moment after having been displaced when you decide to live somewhere else and not come back - at that point you're just a resident, i'd guess.


You might be a Jew or a Gypsy.


Your second term is considered a racial slur


Might. Anything might.

However, if you actually talk to them, it isn't. What would you replace it with? Rom or Roma? In that case, you would be mislabeling a lot of them since the Rom are only one of the Gypsy groups (but it is the largest). You would also be pissing off all Romanians who absolutely, positively do not under any circumstances want to be confused with Gypsies.

Would you say "Roma and Sinti"? That's the two largest Gypsy groups (or is it the largest and third-largest?). There are many others.

No, just call them Gypsies.

Are you done virtue signaling?


https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=128696&page=1

Those sure are a lot of justifications for using slurs against marginalised groups




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