(CNN) Ethel Brooks, raised in a Romani community in New Hampshire, grew up with other kids telling her to stay away from "gypsy moths." Brooks didn't understand the connection between her Romani community -- for which the word "gypsy" has been used as a pejorative -- and a destructive, invasive insect species that "poses a danger to North American forests." The name "gypsy moth" has been around for decades, Smith said. The Romani community faces discrimination worldwide. Margareta Matache, director of the Roma Program at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, was consulted as a part of the name removal.

Source: CNN July 12, 2021 23:26 UTC