Critical Cataloging: Examining LCSH as Text: A Visualization by Mia Tignor

Romanies

Berman's original remedy of simply removing "Rogues and vagabonds" from the subject heading of GIPSIES was a valuable first step, but the term Gypsy is frequently considered to be a slur. LOC updated the GIPSY LCSH in 2000 to Romanies, citing that the term was now the preferred terminology "among scholars and Gypsy groups" (LC Collections Policy Statements, 2000). 

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