![]() ![]() This just seems like a particularly ineffective way to go about it, but to each his own.Ĭertain phrases are used innocuously in society ("are you deaf?!") without any connection the group. I get your point that if such a word is bandied about without consideration for social oppression of the group of people the word originated from, but that is not its intention.Ĭalling attention to the social plight of our interest group, our compromised children, is only natural. I don't believe that since it is in common usage it is OK to use such phrases but I think it is OK to use when the context is such that the usage of the word 'retarded' is not going to influence the way a person behaves toward an actually mentally compromised person. Isn't that demeaning to people without sight because it doesn't give due consideration to the harsh reality a non-sighted person has to deal with? Why? Have you ever said to someone, "are you blind?!". Of course it is the connotation that to call a person such, who is not retarded, that seems to be the problem. Retarded individuals are retarded or whatever politically correct word someone wishes to use. I'm taking this a little far because there is a larger picture here:Īs the father of a son who has no measurable intelligence I could take offence at the word 'retard', but I don't. But maybe you don't have to toss around the word "retard." Or say even worse things: Sure, call your friends names if you'd like, it's your conversation. You have no problem with the words "stupid" or "dumb" or worse. ![]() Heck, you used to call annoying situations "retarded" before you understood. They don't mean to malign people with disabilities. You will not fault people for their use of the r-word, because the term has become slang. Men, women, teens (lots and lots of teens), people of all races and all spelling abilities. People in the U.S., England, Germany, the Netherlands, and Kuwait say the word. ![]() You will set up alerts for tweets that contain "retard." And you will find that there are so many mentions of the word-thousands a day-this could be your full-time job. But maybe, just maybe, you can raise a little awareness. You don't actually expect the word to disappear anytime soon or that people will instantly chop it out of their vocabularies. Let's say that in honor of Spread The Word To End The Word day, which is today, you decide to do a little project: For a few days you will message people on Twitter who use the word "retard" and let them know the r-word is derogatory to people with disabilities. The term has become so popular that it is now a part of culture and many other groups, considerably non-African American people are now using the word as well.Let's say you have a child with disabilities who has cognitive delays, and when people jokingly use the word "retard" to call someone (or themselves) stupid, it bothers you. This outrage of the word being used by African Americans was done so to desensitize the derogatory message behind the word. The term is used in today's slang, among African American groups predominately and hip hop musicians. "Nigga" used as a form of slang is one of the most popular words used today. His statement shows the racism behind the word "Nigger" and how people of African descent fought to be labeled respectfully, to reflect the beauty of their race, yet ended up going back to the original roots of being called "Nigger", yet justifying that "Nigga" has an entirely different meaning. In the song 'Woman', rapped by Talib Kweli, he states "she went from being called Nigger to Negro to colored to Black to Afro, to African American and right back to Nigga". The word is extremely offensive and often not mentioned unless one is intended to insult another. The word "Nigger" has often been used as an insult against people of African descent. By the late 1800's, particularly during the Atlantic slave trade, the word was used in a derogatory manner, and often used as a racial slur against Black people. The meaning of the word "Nigger" is -an ignorant person. The word was originated from the Spanish word "Niger" and "Negro" meaning Black, which was used to describe Black people. The term "Nigger" is a derogatory term used against Black people. ![]()
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