Let me say that a more thorough response is coming and what follows is more my thoughts than anything official:
The Admins have been fighting the fight on Facebook and other forums against using the term gypsy, and rascism/sexism and other bigotries in general. We do plan to provide some additional guidance on this adventure and should have edited this adventure a little more. It likely didn't get as much attention due to the workload associated with the number of Winter Fantasy premiers. However, you might also note that the Rasia family overcome that prejudice and become some of the main allies and protagonists of the season (I would also point to Sybil's presence with Fai Chen at conventions, as well as her appearance in 4-3 which premiered at GaryCon as part of our story development plan.). To automatically ascribe the motives of some NPCs to the racist/insensitive authors/admins is to ignore the tightly woven story development of this season and prevent us from ever telling a complete story. It is hard to tell a story in which a group overcome a stereotyping of their ethnicity over the course of a season if you do not have a set-up and depict the persecution they face. We also wanted to depict the family as not saints but real people. Yes they did some bad things, but they had a very good reason and they are actually much more in the know than anyone else. If they were perfect saints and the world black and white instead of shades of grey, it makes their struggle less significant. This season in particular is less fairy tale and much darker gothic romance. My personal preference would be for you to look at the history of the authors and admins and assume we are going somewhere with this, rather than assume the worst. Just maybe we'll be able to help a few gamers learn something along the way.