Word: slurs
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...directed a Christmas miracle play at Radcliffe. Contrary to biblical tale, this Eve turns out to be a fizzle in the play, so Adam creates a more romantic and lovable woman, played by Jane Burgwall of Simmons College '48. HDC explained that this is not intended as a slur on the amorous qualifications of Radcliffe girls in general, but merely a quirk of casting. The third woman in "Adam" is played by Eleanor Millard, Radcliffe '48, who has done much work for Idler...
Meanwhile, in the Russian zone of Austria, Chief Editor Ferdinand Rieffler, of the People's Press, was convicted not for anything he had written but for something he had merely heard. At a public meeting a speaker cast a slur upon the Soviet Army. Rieffler failed to rise and voice an objection to the slur. His silence was held a crime to be expiated by four to ten years in Siberia...
...always considered myself a "Jewess" and always will. This is the first time I've ever heard that it's supposed to be a slur. To me and my friends it is a most acceptable word as long as it is not preceded by the word "dirty...
Negroes don't like "Negress" any more than Jews like "Jewess" and consider it a slur...
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