Today is Spread the Word to End the Word Day. I haven’t yet blogged about this word: retard. I’ve been gathering my thoughts for nearly three years, and this is all I want to say: I’m tired of people defending their use of the word. I’m tired of people thinking it’s ok. And I’m past […]
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Baha’i Faith: Day 13
March 7 was Spread the Word to End the Word Day – a day dedicated to spreading awareness of the effect of the word “retard” (and all its hurtful forms) and asking people to remove it from their vocabulary. And to be clear, the campaign is not asking for the word to be removed from […]
Think There’s No Problem?
One of the more…interesting things I’ve come to realize over the last 13 months is there are some people in the world with some…unique views. I have heard and read people defending the use of the word “retard” and all its various forms. The special needs community is being “too sensitive” when we ask people […]
