User blog comment:Samwysesr/Ethnic Identity/@comment-11836-20160914033140/@comment-5454132-20160914163743

I didn't mean to imply it was anyone here at the wiki's fault—if it came across that way, I apologize. (I was simply attempting to correct Marvel's glaring mistake, lol. )

Unfortunately, Marvel has characters that are of an ethnicity that they apparently don't know much about judging by their history of relying on damaging stereotypes and painful tropes (problematic, but it's been ongoing since the twin's inception); numerous Romani educators and activists (and I mean actual Romani, not Gadje (non-Roma) who claim to be authorities on the ethnicity like the 'G*psy Lore society) have reached out to Marvel time and time again offering to provide correct information at no charge,(because correct representation matters, as I am sure everyone here can agree to) but the offers have been continually ignored. The only thing Romani Marvel fans can do is try to inform and educate where we can, which is what I was doing in making this post and correcting the spelling on the page. I suppose adding 'sic' to the entry is the easiest solution—I just hope in the future the writers at Marvel actually take a little time and RESEARCH the ethnicity in question!


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