Word: tabooed
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African Americans have come a long way in this country. Besides achieving the descriptive label “black” instead of that other taboo word, they now have the luxury to “behave” as either black or white—surely, no less freedom than what Martin Luther King Jr. intended in his glorious cry atop the Lincoln Memorial...right...
...system of traffic lights, as they thought red should mean ''go'' and not ''stop.'' Meanwhile, the traffic lights stopped operating. Goods they considered offensive or unsuitable for a socialist society they destroyed or confiscated. Because they did not think socialist man should sit on a sofa, all sofas became taboo. Innerspring mattresses, silk, velvet, cosmetics and clothes that reflected Western fashion were tossed onto the streets to be carted away or burnt. One day, I decided to venture out to see all this for myself. Red Guards were stopping buses and punishing passengers whose clothes they disapproved...
...realized that mental health education was lacking on campus in terms of freshman orientation and continuing health education for the upperclassmen,” Putnins wrote. “We felt that these programs would encourage discussion of student mental health, a topic that is unfortunately taboo on this campus...
...topic of consciousness is much like sex in the Victorian age. Scientifically, sex is just another part of biology, but in many societies, studying it violates a stern taboo. Once we begin to observe sexuality--or consciousness--a lot of the clouds of mystery seem to drift away...
That isn't to say that consciousness doesn't come with lots of mysteries. Science is full of mysteries. The topic of gravity is still mysterious four centuries after Isaac Newton. But there is no taboo about trying to understand...