er - what was the opint of that?

that Pikey has been used as an offensive term for a long time? ("generally a low fellow", "solely applied (negatively) to Gypsies")

Or that someone as prominent as Dickens used it?

If your moral compass is guided by what prominent people said and did in previous centuries, then I imagine you can find justification for all your racist opinions, no problem.

Or am I missing some other point?

Posted By: Tricky Hawes, Oct 20, 11:14:08