20 pages of why to not use word RETARD
THEY blame the rise of retard on Elon.
8 days ago.
https://www.montclair.edu/school-of-communication-and-media/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2025/01/Montclair-Social-Media-Study-Musk-and-R-Word-Increase-on-X.pdf
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Use of the slur “retard” triples on X after
Elon Musk shares the word in a post
Dr. Bond Benton, Professor of Communication, Montclair State University
Dr. Daniela Peterka-Benton, Associate Professor of Justice Studies, Montclair
State University
BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT
Significant academic research has identified how derogatory use of the word
“retard” (called the “r-word” subsequently in this report) has a profoundly
stigmatizing function for those with a range of cognitive challenges including the
developmentally disabled (Albert et al., 2016) and the neurodiverse (Dababnah et
al., 2018). Research informed programming has sought to eliminate use of the r-
word as pejorative among populations (Siperstein et al., 2018) with broader
advocacy against the word from advocacy organizations and the media, as well
(Specialolympics.org, 2020). Federal legislation from 2010 eliminated the word
“retarded” from all federal health, education, and labor laws instead referring to…..
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