&gt;First, the drivers aren&#x27;t even Romani.<p>This makes your argument worse, not better. The term &quot;gypsy cab&quot; derives from a racist stereotype of the Romani[1]. How can a term with a racist etymology not be racist?<p>Imagine any group of people appropriating traditionally-derogatory ethnic slurs for another group to describe themselves. How is that okay?<p>As for the Pullitzer Prize winner, that article is from 1986, more than a bit out-dated. Bizarrely, the author even defends the verb &quot;to gyp&quot; as not being racist because it&#x27;s only one syllable. Imagine the sheer outrage if the verb &quot;to nig&quot; came into popular usage and referred to a negative stereotypical activity.<p>Why am I even arguing this? The fact that the term &quot;gypsy cab&quot; uses the name of an ethnic group to refer to a stereotypically negative trait of that group should completely and utterly speak for itself.<p>It&#x27;s not &quot;too PC&quot;.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wiktionary.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;gypsy_cab" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wiktionary.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;gypsy_cab</a>