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However, according to many Romani people and academics who study them, the word has been tainted by its use as a racial slur and a pejorative connoting illegality and irregularity.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

  1. ^ Randall, Kay. "What's in a Name? Professor take on roles of Romani activist and spokesperson to improve plight of their ethnic group". Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  2. ^ Weyrauch, Walter Otto (2001). Gypsy law: Romani legal traditions and culture. University of California Press. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-520-22186-4. {{cite book}}: Check |url= value (help)
  3. ^ Bhopal, Kalwant; Myers, Martin (2008). Insiders, Outsiders and Others: Gypsies and Identity. Univ of Hertfordshire Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-1-902806-71-6. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
  4. ^ Klímová-Alexander, Ilona (2005). The Romani voice in world politics: the United Nations and non-state actors. Non-state actors in international law. Ashgate. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-7546-4173-5. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
  5. ^ Tebbutt, Susan (1998). Sinti and roma: gypsies in german-speaking society and literature. Oxford: Berghahn. p. x. ISBN 1-57181921-5.
  6. ^ Liégeois, Jean-Pierre (2007). Roma in Europe (3rd ed.). Strasbourg: Council of Europe. p. 159. ISBN 928716051-1.
  7. ^ Totten, Samuel; Jacobs, Paul R. Bartrop; Leonard, Steven (2008). Dictionary of genocide. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 371. ISBN 0-31332967-2.