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The return of slurs in liberal language
Formerly canceled words are making a comeback on the left. Some people attribute it to the pandemic…
Julia Pugachevsky
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Drake and Kendrick Lamar could sue each other for defamation over accusatory slurs exchanged in their diss tracks, says lawyer
The two rappers have leveled potentially career-ending accusations at each other, which could see t…
Eve Crosbie
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GOP House candidate JR Majewski uses ableist slur against Democrats: 'It's like being in the Special Olympics'
"It's like being in the Special Olympics," Majewski said of Democrats. "No matter how good you perf…
Bryan Metzger
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A steel company is paying $500,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging a manager shouted 'white power' and racially slurred Black and Latino workers
Some workers said they faced retaliation for complaining about the plant manager's behavior. The co…
Grace Dean
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'Big Brother' contestant has been ejected from the game after using a racial slur
Luke Valentine was captured on camera using a racial slur in front of houseguests. CBS confirmed to…
Kirsten Acuna
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Twitter's new rivals suffer similar problems: Threads to use rate limits due to spam and Bluesky missed racist slurs
Elon Musk was heavily criticized for imposing rate limits on Twitter users to thwart spam. Meta's n…
Alistair Barr
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Singer Zara Larsson is embroiled in a feud with an influencer who falsely claimed he used a homophobic slur, later saying it was 'satire'
Zara Larsson called out an influencer who accused her of using a homophobic slur. He later admitted…
Charissa Cheong
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Rudy Giuliani called Matt Damon a homophobic slur and mocked his height, according to a lawsuit filed by his former assistant
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is also claimed to have made fun of the actor's height, saying:…
Eammon Jacobs
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Elon Musk says terms like 'cisgender' and 'cis' are now considered 'slurs' on Twitter in his latest anti-trans statements
Musk has a tendency to make announcements about Twitter's policies based on personal whims, but it'…
Sawdah Bhaimiya
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Mississippi police chief ousted for recording bragging about shooting a Black man 119 times, using the N-word
Lexington Police Chief Sam Dobbins was fired for allegedly using homophobic and racist slurs captur…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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'Big Brother' contestant Luke Valentine says 'I'm alive' and thanks fans for 'support' in Instagram video after being ejected from the game over racial slur
The 30-year-old illustrator from Florida was kicked off the long-running reality competition show, …
Eve Crosbie
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Trump says the 'N-word', for him, now means 'nuclear word'
"They said: 'The N-word, oh, he said a horrible thing!'" Trump said. "And I said, no, the N-word is…
Cheryl Teh
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A Wisconsin school district reinstated a teacher who used racist slurs, saying his actions were 'insensitive' but not discriminatory
A teacher who hurled racist and homophobic slurs is back in class after his school district said th…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Angry Trump supporters have swamped the Manhattan DA's office with hundreds of calls spewing racial slurs and parroting Trump's rhetoric
The Manhattan district attorney's office has gotten several death threats as Trump threatened "deat…
Natalie Musumeci
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Samuel L. Jackson dismisses Joe Rogan's apology for using the N-word: 'It's not the context, dude'
Jackson told The Times of London that Rogan using the racial slur to "elicit a laugh" is not a good…
Ayomikun Adekaiyero
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Lizzo says she didn't know about an ableist slur when she used it in one of her songs: 'I'd never heard it used as a slur against disabled people'
"Using a slur is unauthentic to me, but I did not know it was a slur," Lizzo told Vanity Fair about…
Rebecca Cohen
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India Arie shares clips of Joe Rogan saying the N-word as she asks Spotify to remove her music over his 'language around race'
India Arie previously announced that she will remove her music and podcast from Spotify over Joe Ro…
Lauren Edmonds
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams apologizes for referring to white NYPD officers as 'crackers' in a 2019 video
"My fight in the police department was fighting racism throughout my entire journey, and I was seri…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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Beauty fans are criticizing Juvia's Place after the brand posted a makeup tutorial that featured an anti-Asian slur
The promotional video for Juvia's Place features influencer Maggie Carrie, who is heard describing …
Amanda Krause
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Skyrocketing slurs, racism, and antisemitic content on Twitter may encourage domestic terrorists, report warns: 'Violence is inevitable'
Elon Musk says impressions on posts containing hate speech are down overall, but researchers say sl…