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Pikey (/ ˈ p aɪ k iː /; also spelled pikie, pykie) [1] [2] is an ethnic slur referring to Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people. It is used mainly in the United Kingdom and in Ireland to refer to people who belong to groups which had a traditional travelling lifestyle .
The fact that Q188R is the sole mutant allele among the Travellers as compared to the non-Traveller group may be the result of a founder effect in the isolation of a small group of the Irish population from their peers as founders of the Traveller sub-population. This would favour the second, endogenous, hypothesis of Traveller origins."
Pikey is a name, bad or good, for a group of Roma people. If somebody wants to learn about who/what Pickey's are, it should redirect to someplace about Pickey, not a dictionary term. An example is Moonie redirects to the Unification Church. Most people knows the derogatory term Moonie, but most wouldn't know Unification Church.
Scottish Romani are the Romani people of Scotland. This includes Romanichal (locally also known as Border Gypsies) and Lowland Romani (Lowland Gypsies). [1]Scottish Travellers are non-Romani groups indigenous to Scotland who live or traditionally lived a nomadic lifestyle, including Scottish Highland Travellers, Scottish Lowland Travellers and Showmen (Funfair Travellers).
A study of 444 people representing three ethnic groups in North Macedonia found mtDNA haplogroups M5a1 and H7a1a were dominant in Romanies (13.7% and 10.3%, respectively). [191] Y-DNA composition of Muslim Roma from Šuto Orizari Municipality in North Macedonia, based on 57 samples: [190] Haplogroup H – 59.6%; Haplogroup E – 29.8% ...
East Asian people, particularly aimed towards Koreans. [55] [56] The term originates from the Korean War and comes from the Korean word for country. The Korean word for the United States of America is Mee Hap Joon Gook, which is shorten to the more familiar Mee Gook. Dae Han Min Gook or the People's Republic of Korea is similarly shortened to ...
The Romani people in Canada are citizens of Canada who are of Romani descent. According to the 2021 Canadian census there were 6,545 Canadians who claimed Romani ancestry. [ 1 ] They are sometimes referred as "gypsies", but that is considered to be a racial slur .
Two people in a white van were attacked by 20 youths in Colombes on 16 March. On 25 March, 50 people attacked a Roma camp in Bobigny with sticks and knives, burning several vans, and a separate group of Romani were chased and attacked in Clichy-sous-Bois. [26] Similar incidents occurred in Aubervilliers, Bondy and Noisy-le-Sec. [27]