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[quote=Anonymous]When i was in middle school/higj school , the use of the word retarded became derogatory and mean spirited (kind of like how people used to say thats so gay). Anyways, i had a teacher explain it to us this way:. Calling a black person colored is technically correct because they have colored skin. However, we would never use that word to describe someone because of the negative association with the word. Retarded is the same thing. Yes, someone being mentally retarded is technically correct, but the word retarded is associated with something being stupid or bad and has become a slur. Im sure many of you will say that example is apples and oranges,[/quote]
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