Actors Use 'Shocking Language' in 'Not Acceptable' PSA: Was This a Good Strategy?
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2011/06/06 23:29:56
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During the season finale of "Glee," the "Spread the Word to End the Word" campaign aired a public service announcement, which advocated ending the use of the term "retard."
Was saying these slurs on television a good way to deter the use of the "R-word"?
The “Not Acceptable” PSA...began with an African-American man saying, “It is not all right to call me a [N-word.]” Except the actor didn’t say “N-word”; he used the actual noun.
Other actors then chimed in with other slurs associated with their race, religion or sexual orientation. Needless to say, it was pretty shocking to hear language like this during a teen-focused dramedy about a show choir.
“Glee” actors Jane Lynch and Lauren Potter appeared at the end of the PSA to say that it’s not acceptable to use the “R-word,” either to describe the intellectually disabled or in casual conversation, just as it’s not okay to use any other demeaning words.
Was saying these slurs on television a good way to deter the use of the "R-word"?
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(am I the only 14 year old boy that thinks Glee is a good show?)
LOOOOOOOOOOVE GLEE!! (but i'm a girl )
and now..........
http://www.theblaze.com/stori...
and let's not forget.........the white house staffers using the word in order to use the special needs community as a 'photo op'.
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/rahm...
The word Retard means what? Stupid, slow, dumb? True: It does define mentally challenged people to many, however....I feel like they should be called mentally challenged than retarded.
I use the word Retard a lot, and I'm going to continue doing so because these adults which get pissed off at other when they say retard....are just retarded themselves. Their children are mentally challenged, not retarded. To say they're retarded is really just an insult to them. There's a movement trying to claim this word for the mentally challenged/disabled and it's demeaning to those who are mentally challenged to try to claim the term retard solely for them.
Stupid.
I know this wasn't quite the question, but this is what I wanted to say.
Although I think you're not supposed to say gay in a demeaning way about someones sexuality. Gay does not mean slow, stupid, or retarded...Even though many teenagers would use it as such a word.
Wtf, I think I originally hit reply on the wrong post.
Idk what my computer just did to me.
ni**er is false statement
retarded is not