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...know nothing of the sexual orientation of Snyder or Miller. And I'm not criticizing, only describing, 300's iconography. But I'm surprised by the movie's broad appeal to the movie block of young American males, many of whom still use "gay" as the second-worst slur, and can still see homosexuality as something to laugh at or fear. Maybe the success of 300 will encourage other, better, directors to make dead-serious movies on ancient-history subjects. And maybe, then, we'll hear kids come out of the theater burbling, "I loved that movie...
...white hipster Carl Van Vechten published the book Nigger Heaven. They continued their war through attacks on Redd Foxx, blaxploitation and Donald Goines. But all their efforts have been rewarded with gangsta rap, an art form that has made nigger arguably the most well-known racial or ethnic slur on the planet...
...Etheridge comes back stage and fields questions about all things gay. She declines to come up with a song for Grey's Anatomy's resident gay slur hurler, Isaiah Washington, talks sweet about Ellen hosting, calls the Oscars "a gay holiday" and raves about breaking new ground by thanking and kissing her wife: "I was kissing her because that's what you do. You kiss your loved one when you win an Oscar." She also reveals where she'll keep her Oscar: "This is the only naked man that will ever be in my bedroom...
...black workers. Despite the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's successes in combating discrimination, this practice persists. The N word is so clearly poisonous that even nonblack employees file lawsuits when their co-workers or employers use the term against them. Some white employees charge hostility when blacks use the slur around them. Some employers cite the N word's prevalence in popular culture--and endorsements like Ridley's--to defend referring to black employees as "niggers." Ridley recommended that we simply "relax. Take a deep breath. It's gonna be cool." But we cannot. We will continue our efforts...
MACACA n. A racial slur? A kind of monkey? Virginia Senator George Allen, who used it at a campaign rally when he spotted an Indian-American volunteer from his opponent's camp, might define it as "the end of my re-election campaign...