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* ValuesDissonance: Among other things, such as Colonel Aureliano Buendia marrying the literal child that is Remedios, the Romani characters are referred to exclusively as gypsies, which is nowadays considered an outright slur.
** The spanish word "Gitano", is a case of this in [[RealLife Real Life]]. While sharing the same roots than the word "Gypsy", it doesn't share its negative connotations and is used by Spanish speaking Romani to refer to themselves.

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* ValuesDissonance: ValuesDissonance:
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Among other things, such as Colonel Aureliano Buendia marrying the literal child that is Remedios, the Romani characters are referred to exclusively as gypsies, which is nowadays considered an outright slur.
** *** The spanish word "Gitano", is a case of this in [[RealLife Real Life]]. While sharing the same roots than the word "Gypsy", it doesn't share its negative connotations and is used by Spanish speaking Romani to refer to themselves.
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** Pilar Ternera seducing (and getting pregnant by) a teenaged José Arcadio.
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The connotations of the word Gypsy and "Gitano" are different in English and Spanish

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** The spanish word "Gitano", is a case of this in [[RealLife Real Life]]. While sharing the same roots than the word "Gypsy", it doesn't share its negative connotations and is used by Spanish speaking Romani to refer to themselves.
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** The poor Candida Eréndira, who is forced to prostitute herself by her own grandmother after an accident which led to their home burning down. Her story only gets fleshed out in Gabriel García Márquez's short story collection The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother.

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** The poor Candida Eréndira, who is forced to prostitute herself by her own grandmother after an accident which led to their home burning down. She briefly appears in Macondo. Her story only gets fleshed out in Gabriel García Márquez's short story collection The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother.

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