our home games. The referees are always managing to make unjust calls against us. Something that not only the players‚ and parents notice‚ but even coaches that have come from other school districts have realized. I’ve even experienced hearing racial slurs said to my teammates and I in a football game. Not being the first time‚ we knew how to handle it and kept a cool mind and just ignored it. It’s something that nobody would like to hear but I think that it’s important to react the right way. By
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My 5 racial slurs that affect me do not have to come just from another race to negatively affect me‚ but could come from my own race. I am one who does not experience much of racial slurring from other races. Nigga/Nigger‚ ghetto‚ snitch‚ bitch‚ and Uncle Tom are words that are the most affective words to say to me. The word nigga and nigger are both words that I do not care to say or hear. I have been raised up around the word nigga all my life and it still has not made the list of my normal words
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it can hurt just as much as a slap or a punch. When people start to use obscenities with ethnic or racial slurs‚ it can push some sensitive buttons. Racial slurs used in a joking manner leads to others using it in a condescending manner‚ which ultimately leads to violence and feelings of hatred. From my experience‚ racial slurs can cause the most extreme negative reactions in people. Racial slurs often induce violence‚ but with more of a reason by some‚ because they may feel as if they are defending
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To Kill a Mockingbird is a classic novel that is loved by many. However‚ as much as it is loved‚ it is also very disliked by many. Because of its racial slurs and its profound language many people have challenged the book. In 1977 To Kill a Mockingbird was challenged in Eden Valley‚ MN due to the words “damn” and “whore lady” used in the book. However‚ “whore lady is only used three times throughout the story. The first time this word was used was when Francis was saying that Scout had called
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Although To Kill A Mockingbird has valuable morals‚ the book displayed content that children should not be exposed to at this young age. A big part of To Kill A Mockingbird exposed racial expressions specifically towards African Americans. Children who have read To Kill A Mockingbird learned various racial slurs that children should not know about at such a young age. For example‚ Lee used the word “ni***r” in phrases such as “Ni***r-lover” and “Ni***r-talk” as a casual way of talking about African
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trademark of Redskins was registered in 1967‚ and there was no issue raised about the name at that time. Later‚ a lawsuit was filed by a few Native Americans against the Redskins organization in 1992. They said the name and its trademark were a racial slur that should be changed. I think these particular Native Americans put too much weight on fighting the name and consequently overlook the merit of applying the name to a beloved institution. Redskins represents football‚ one of the most popular
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Racial Discrimination Hits Pennsylvania During the summer of June of 2009‚ 73 African –Americans children of Creative Steps in Northeast Philadelphia paid the Valley swim club in Huntington Valley for pool access for summer campers. After the first day of swimming‚ the campers were told not to return. Several campers claimed they heard pool members making racial comments while they were at the club. At the time valley swim club officials said race had nothing to do with it and that there were
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fagots should be ban or used. Racial slurs like niggers‚ chinks‚ spics‚ and fagots should be ban. Some African Americans believe that the word nigger should ban and others think that the word should be used. Many people believe that the derogatory words mean more than it seems like nigger can be traced back to slavery. Some African Americans believe that nigger means something different now and it not offensive. People do not have the right to call an ethnic group a racial slur when they know that the
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arrests of over 1‚200 people in planned civil disobedience. In a trial that was moved out of the community where Diallo lived and to Albany in upstate New York‚ the four officers who killed Diallo were acquitted of all charges (“The Diallo” online). Racial Profiling is any police or private security practice in which a person is treated as a suspect because of his or her race‚ ethnicity‚ nationality or religion. This occurs when police investigate‚ stop‚ frisk‚ search or use force against a person based
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Abisai Garcia Mrs. King English 12 May 28th‚ 2014 Racial Discrimination For as long as history can remember‚ there has been racial discrimination between one or more kinds of people. But how far back does this history go? Racism exists when one ethnic group or historical collectivity dominates‚ excludes‚ or seeks to eliminate another on the basis of differences that it believes are hereditary and cannot be changed. The reasoning behind this thought came to a unique conclusion in the West during
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