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he associated the word with travellers so surely in context that would be racist?
What race are travellers?

they are mostly irish are they not?
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What race are travellers?

they are mostly irish are they not?
No, travellers or Gypsies are more likely to have descended from the Romani or Romany/Roma groups who are an ethnicity of Indian origin living mostly in Europe and the Americas.

They are dispersed all over Europe and arrived in mid-west Asia around 1,000 years ago.

The Irish gypsies I think are also included in this group.

The "Pikey" word I'm not sure about don't know where that came from.
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