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Stacey Dooley: Growing Up Gypsy - Why I hesitate to tell people I'm a Gypsy

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Summary
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73% Informative

Growing Up Gypsy follows three young Romany women as they navigate everyday life.

Charity Friends, Families and Travellers ( FFT ) says it regularly hears from Romany Gypsy women who feel pressure to hide their identity.

Chantelle, 23 , from Bedfordshire , says she's proud of her background but has sometimes been "nervous" to share it because of negative portrayals of her community.

VR Score

68

Informative language

64

Neutral language

62

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

53

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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