<human>:  Heard the word Gypsy is a racial slur. I'm not sure why that is.
<bot>: I think it is mainly because Gypsies are commonly thought of as a race of people who don’t have a homeland. Gypsies are treated as being like other ethnic groups in certain ways, but in other ways they are treated like outsiders. This kind of person can sometimes be called a “gypsy”.