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The language currently legitimized in our dictionaries upholds cycles of harassment that we refuse to accept anymore. Send an email to your local school board representative demanding they stop using these historical archives of hate as a moral compass. We keep pushing until this institutional endorsement of racism is removed.
April 2, 2019
We hit a significant mark that proves people see the harm this word causes. Send this link to three friends right now to keep the pressure on the dictionary publishers. Email your local representatives and demand they address this systemic issue.
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this word has no place in our society. get it out of the books already.
literally why is this still in there in 2016. so disrespectful.
It should be banned from being typed on the internet.
such a degrading one. smh
smh
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Updates
April 2, 2019
The language currently legitimized in our dictionaries upholds cycles of harassment that we refuse to accept anymore. Send an email to your local school board representative demanding they stop using these historical archives of hate as a moral compass. We keep pushing until this institutional endorsement of racism is removed.
April 2, 2019
We hit a significant mark that proves people see the harm this word causes. Send this link to three friends right now to keep the pressure on the dictionary publishers. Email your local representatives and demand they address this systemic issue.
9 Comments
been saying this for years. the dictionaries are just as bad for keeping it in there.
this word has no place in our society. get it out of the books already.
literally why is this still in there in 2016. so disrespectful.
It should be banned from being typed on the internet.
such a degrading one. smh
smh
Ignorance
Remove it ‼️‼️‼️
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been saying this for years. the dictionaries are just as bad for keeping it in there.