Word: slur
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Cincinnati Reds owner opens mouth; slur follows...
Blacks are not immune or prepared for this type of treatment as whites are often guilty of thinking. In other words, whites tend to feel that racism is just a part of our lives, and we know how to deal with it. Wrong. Each racial slur or discriminatory act incites a new feeling of anger and frustration. Therefore whites might feel slightly sympathetic, but in general apathetic. Blacks become disappointed and angry. It is, on the whole, disgusting...
...psychology produces a technique of gender slur that might be called Worst Case Synecdoche: All men are assumed to be as bad as the very worst among them. The rapist is Everyman...
Although Ms. Werner responded to our questions in a drunken slur and from somewhere inside a thick cloud of Cuban cigar smoke, she revealed herself, contrary to legend, to be charming, polite and full of old-world insight...
...earful of protests last week after a company magazine sent to all employees published this cartoon, in which Africa is represented by an ape. Abject company officials apologized for the seeming racist slur, which they said no editor had noticed...