A benefits form which grouped Gypsies, travellers and the Cornish together is being withdrawn after complaints.
The tick box for ethnic backgrounds was included in a Cornwall Council housing form.
Liberal Democrat group deputy leader Alex Folkes said: "Being a gypsy and traveller or being Cornish are two different things."
Cornwall Council said it was "inappropriate wording" and a "genuine error" which had been rectified.
Mr Folkes wrote in his blog: "Some people will suggest it is offensive. And they are right. Not because being likened to a gypsy or traveller is an insult. It isn't.
"But because the two backgrounds are so entirely different.
"What Cornwall Council has done in designing this form is to create a 'bucket' category for anyone who doesn't appear to fit into 'normal' definitions.
"It's offensive to Cornish people and offensive to gypsies and travellers."
Cornish = Pikey
Cornish = Pikey
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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Huh?"It's offensive to Cornish people and offensive to gypsies and travellers."
btw: I've heard that "Gypsy" is a racist term knda like calling black people "niggers".
They like to be referred to as "Roma" or "Romani".
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
yrs,
rubato
Re: Cornish = Pikey
Not all Gypsies are Romany Dales but all Romany are Gypsies. Gypsy is not an offensive term... At least not in the UK...
Why is it that when Miley Cyrus gets naked and licks a hammer it's 'art' and 'edgy' but when I do it I'm 'drunk' and 'banned from the hardware store'?
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Re: Cornish = Pikey
Gypsies, tramps and thieves.
Re: Cornish = Pikey
Lawyers, guns and money
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
yrs,
rubato