It is not our word. It was coined and used by various academics only recently, and said academics have admitted that they basically just copied the term “Antisemitism” in a way it could be applied to Roma. And, then said academics disputed using the word altogether because calling attention to specific acts of anti-Romani racism might just somehow “stigmatize” us further.
Most notably, though, “zigan” is a slur! Like, way more offensive than “Gypsy” kind of slur.
The entire short history of that word is just pretty awful, so please feel free to use terms like anti-Romani, anti-Romani racism, anti-Romaniism, and try not to make the monstrosity that is “antiziganism” any more popular than it is.
PSA: if you happen to have any kind of allergies such as tree pollen allergies (any oral allergy for that matter), stay away from drinking Coca-Cola Life.
I drank one yesterday because the coke people were doing a promotion and were giving them away and I became violently ill, seriously like vomiting for hours and chills and horrible feeling of death.
Coca-cola Life has Stevia and a quick google search mentions that if you’ve a ragweed allergy, hay fever, you can have an allergic reaction to Stevia.
To anybody planning on seeing The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies in theaters who experiences seizures, there’s a scene a bit in with a lot of bright, flashing lights that may trigger them. You’ll know to look away when Lady Galadriel stands up all green/grey like, and you can look back when Lord Elrond speaks again.
Kirkwall Was Totally Built On a Hellmouth 