Repeat after me: People of other ethnic groups... are... not... ANIMALS. Why is this hard?

[cimorene]

I just read a story in which gypsies are magical creatures who MATE FOR LIFE and share many of the properties of fanon Veelas (a la Draco-is-a-Veela-and-Harry-is-his-mate fic). I just. What? They're creatures?

The most completely flabbergasting part is that the author seems to have not a hint, not the slightest clue that there could be anything offensive about that. wax_jism suggested that perhaps the author thought gypsies were magical creatures, ie she didn't realise the Rom really exist outside of fiction; but a throwaway line of dialogue about how they're "related to" "Muggle gypsies" made that unlikely and made everything worse. I'm flashing back to the Miscegenation Kerfluffle... which, perhaps not coincidentally, was also in Harry Potter fandom...

Comments

[kyuuketsukirui.livejournal.com]

Was this a new story or an older one? I remember some HP gypsy racism wank a year or so ago.

[cimness.livejournal.com]

It seems to be an older one, so that was probably it... was it in f_w?

[kyuuketsukirui.livejournal.com]

Well, on the bright side, at least there aren't two magical gypsy stories... (That we know of.)

[cimness.livejournal.com]

Aha, I found it in the memories. I'd forgotten the gypsy component.