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• Airport HS Project UNIFY

  • From: ProjectUNIFYSouthCarolin
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    Students got together and made Ban the R word signs to put all over the gym. Here is just one of those!

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• 702 Walk the Talk, ban The R w

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• Ok....

  • From: anonemoose72
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    2 words: Free Speach

    I may be Japanese and when people call me a "chink" it annoys me but I don't go up to people and say "That's hurtful" and then go get the word banned, I would probably call them "red-necks".

    Beside you just can't ban words...

    Black people didn't want people calling them "Nigger" but they didn't get it banned.

    I hate to say it..

    but this is a fruitless cause.

     

     

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• fun

  • From: GatewayHS
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    Mellanie blair                                                               

    April 1, 2009

     

    it is fun yestrday. Our class made T-shirts and we set up our lunch room so kids could take a piedge to ban the R-word.

    When the kids sign the pledge they got stickers we made and got to shred a paper with the R-word on it. After our hard

    work  we had some pizza. l enjoyed the day!

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  • 7 months ago
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• Michael and me did it

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  • 8 months ago
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• The end of this event

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• Kate did it

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• our result

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• i regard it successful!!!^^

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• Do you Doubt that 'Retard' is

  • From: ryaneades
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    It's been a very interesting month of March thus far and we aren't even halfway thru yet. There has been so much buzz going around about Spread the Word to End the Word (STW2ETW) and new pledges have been coming into the R-word site in a steady stream of about 100 a day.

    What's been most interesting to me is watching the interactions of youth on our various sites where all the STW2ETW material is being posted. On the Facebook Event page comments are flying back and forth, same thing on the Bill O'Reilly video posted on that event page.

    There's a lot of support, but also a lot of typical negativity and ignorance or in some cases just plain apathy.

    Take for instance Benjamin Heard of Wisconsin Stout who feels that we should just quit:

    "It has become part of our language, your not going to change anything this is an entirely futile effort and kinda sad, you all need to find better things to do with your time"

    Or Daniel Ross of Lincoln College Preparatory Academy who says:

    "sry but this is really Retarded the word is ment to be an insult and thats why people use it as one u can't control wat people say when u call people retarded its supposed to be an insult even though they were born that way so wat THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE WORD RETARDED!!!"

    And an ever popular argument from people like Johnny Dawyot from the Salesianum School who rationalize that,

    "hey everyone you're retarded."

    Now, trust me, comments like these are not new in the online community realm for anywhere we post videos or media related to Special Olympics and especially material advocating for people to choose to stop using the word "retard."

    What is new over the last few weeks and months is that youth are fighting back and standing up for what they believe in in thoughtful and engaging ways.

    Youth like Soeren Palumbo from Notre Dame who share,

    "This is not an effort to legally ban a word or infringe on any 1st ammendment rights; do not misconstrue it as such. Rather, it is an effort to demonstrate the hurtful and negative effects that this word has even when used casually, effects parallel to any racial slur. It is our hope that when people are shown these effects that they will choose to stop using the word, not because they are forced to, but rather because they want to. We are hoping to end this word by societal consensus, not mandate."

    Or Jeanne Griffith who responds,

    "I find it interesting, and incredibly disappointing that there are still so many, who are so small minded as to completely MISS the point being made...[sic] This is about recognizing that all people, regardless of ability, intellect, economic status, ethnicity, are entitled to respect. No one is asking for censorship, and it has nothing to do with free speech. We are asking that adults, who care enough to measure their words, consider the impact of *this* word. We all engage in self monitoring, every day. WE choose our words with reason. Sometimes we choose to self censor in order to spare feelings or to show respect. We don't walk into a church and start cussing like a sailor, because we recognize how inappropriate that would be. This is what we are asking - for people to show the same level of forethought when considering this word."

    Or my favorite, Chris Murphy from Wilmington, Delaware who simply challenges people to get involved and open themselves to a different perspective,

    "And my offer still stands. Any individual who on here who has no/limited exposure to disabled folks and wants to continue to use this term "retard" than please contact me with your city and state and I will set you up with your local Special Olympics, United Cerebral Palsy or your local state funded disabled agency so you can volunteer. 3 hours is all I ask you do, I will make all of the necessary calls and set it up, you just show up, volunteer then come here and talk about how you do not care if using the "r" word effects someone."

    Traditionally, family members (especially fiesty moms!), along with a few other advocates have voiced their displeasure at many disagreeable items in the media, or nasty comments by online readers, but this has been few and far between. It's truly inspiring to see the community of youth engaged in this discussion and taking it upon themselves to get involved and make their voices heard.

    Make no mistake, this is a big step. Many, many online communities, businesses and schools have dozens of dedicated personnel who scour the Internet offering a counterpoint in the comment sections to dissenting opinions on topics in which they are invested, monetarily or emotionally. This has never been the case for Special Olympics and certainly not for misuse of the R-word -- until now.

    As we know, there is always more to do! There are many, many opportunities for this "army of change" or these "warriors of acceptance" (please forgive my poor attempt for a 30-something to come up with a cool name!) to bring the fight outside the realm of Special Olympics initiatives or R-word based event pages.

    Here's an idea, if you use "Google Alerts" set one of them for "retard" and "retarded" and see all the interesting things that come in from blogs or articles like:

    The Young Turks who ponder:

    "Has 'socialist' joined the ranks of words like 'retarded' and 'gay' as an all-purpose expression of something disagreeable? How long before we her kids saying, 'Man, that’s hella socialist.'?"

    Or the Phillyist blog who dissect the issues surrounding the Philadelphia Eagles employee who was fired for calling the team "retarded" on his Facebook page.

    When you see things like this, get out there on these blogs and in the comments section and speak out! Respond (respectfully, of course) to people's misconceptions and share ideas of where they can go to learn more or educate themselves. Help give a voice to our athletes who as John C. McGinley put it - are equipped to love, not to fight.

    Get out there in cyberspace and be the change the world needs.

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• Ban the R-word

  • From: Joy_Jamaleddine
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  • 9 months ago
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