{"id":1260,"date":"2014-11-26T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/%20rroma.org\/26-11-2014-new-dictionary-of-the-royal-spanish-academy-defines-gypsies-as-impostors\/"},"modified":"2022-07-26T14:05:32","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T13:05:32","slug":"26-11-2014-new-dictionary-of-the-royal-spanish-academy-defines-gypsies-as-impostors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rroma.org\/fr\/26-11-2014-new-dictionary-of-the-royal-spanish-academy-defines-gypsies-as-impostors\/","title":{"rendered":"26.11.2014 New Dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy defines \u201cGypsies\u201d as impostors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\">Kassam (2014) reports on  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ta controversy surrounding the new edition of the dictionary of the Royal  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSpanish Academy. Therein, the already pejorative word \u201cGypsy\u201d is equated in an unreflected  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tway to \u201cimpostor\u201d and \u201cdeceiver\u201d, without referring to the history of the term.  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAccording to linguistic and historical studies, the exonym \u201cGypsy\u201d goes back to  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe \u201cAthiganoi\u201d in the Byzantine Empire. In the chronicles of that time, these  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\theretics were assigned similar pejorative attributes as the Rroma and were  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsidered as being magicians and fortunetellers: <em style=\"font-family: Arial;\">\u201cAfter 13 years spent updating entries, the Royal Spanish Academy  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tunveiled its 23rd edition of the Spanish dictionary earlier this month at a  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsombre ceremony presided by King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia,. The new edition  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tremoved a previous definition of \u201cgitano\u201d or \u201cgypsy\u201d as an adjective meaning  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cdefrauding or operating with deception\u201d. But it added a new secondary meaning,  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsaying the word was synonymous with \u201ctrapacero\u201d \u2013 an adjective meaning  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdishonest or swindling. Arguing that the definition is obsolete and does little  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tmore than feed into prejudices, the Association of Feminist Gypsies for  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDiversity is taking action.\u201d [\u2026] \u201cYou can\u2019t label an entire community, an  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentire culture, a whole population like this,\u201d said member Maria Jos\u00e9 Jim\u00e9nez  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCorti\u00f1as. \u201cThe entry legitimises stereotypes. We\u2019re asking that for once the  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAcademy move ahead of society and eliminate definitions that serve only to  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tmarginalise our community.\u201d\u201d <\/em>Rroma have experienced a centuries-old history  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tof exclusion and persecution in Europe. Their exclusion is significantly based  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ton stereotyped prejudices. To consolidate these prejudices by unrelentingly echoing  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthem in a dictionary is indeed very questionable.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kassam, Ashifa (2014)  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSpain\u2019s oldest dictionary under fire for equating \u2018gypsy\u2019 with \u2018cheat\u2019. In: <em style=\"font-family: Arial;\">The Guardian online<\/em> vom 29.10.2014. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2014\/oct\/29\/spanish-dictionary-gypsies-definition-cheat\" style=\"font-family: Arial;\">http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2014\/oct\/29\/spanish-dictionary-gypsies-definition-cheat<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kassam (2014) reports on a controversy surrounding the new edition of the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy. 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