NASCAR sending driver Hailie Deegan to sensitivity training for using slur
doctorevil
Evil Lair
https://www.foxnews.com/auto/nascar-hail…
So when did "retarded" become a slur? The terms idiot, imbecile, and moron were at one time medical terms to describe different levels of below normal intelligence. Those came to be viewed as derogatory, so they came up with the more polite term "mentally retarded." Now retarded or retard is slur, and while it's not polite to call someone an idiot, imbecile, or moron, it not considered a slur that cannot even be printed.
So when did "retarded" become a slur? The terms idiot, imbecile, and moron were at one time medical terms to describe different levels of below normal intelligence. Those came to be viewed as derogatory, so they came up with the more polite term "mentally retarded." Now retarded or retard is slur, and while it's not polite to call someone an idiot, imbecile, or moron, it not considered a slur that cannot even be printed.
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I'm surprised at this only because she should have been seeing all the people getting rousted out by the speech mobs throughout her formative years based on her apparent age.
NAAAASTY
We were much more direct in describing the little bus. Until I moved to New Orleans, where they referred to it as "the short bus", we called those "retard racers."
That said, NASCAR drivers shouldn't be throwing around playground insults.
Looks FUCKABLE to me.... is tha aslur?
RickDugan had to go through sensitivity training while back. Now that I have been working with him on it, he can last longer than 30 seconds! We are almost to the point he can consistently last more than 2 minutes 😉
My first thought on her pic in the Fox link was eh.
But those pics of her in a bikini changed my mind, I'd be all over that!
Her tone was playful.
I am most likely part of the problem - with my white privilege, and my micro aggressions.
Maybe NASCAR is going overboard with sensitivity awareness after the issues they handled so poorly regarding race? Although, it’s quite possible more retards watch NASCAR than African Americans.