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Pledge To Stop With The "R-Word"
December 23, 2005

ISLIP, NEW YORK--The following four paragraphs are excerpts from a website in which Jenna Glatzer pledges to stop using a word that is often hurts her brother, who has Down syndrome:

Hi! My name is Jenna Glatzer, and I'm a writer. That means I love words. But there's one word that really hurts me, and that's the word "retard."

Maybe you've heard it at school-- like when someone trips or makes a silly mistake and someone else says, "You're such a retard!" Even if the person says it with a smile or laugh, it's still not funny. It's hurtful.

Imagine your name is Kelly, and one day, people decided to use the word "Kelly" to mean "gross." "Yuck! This food tastes so Kelly!" Wouldn't you want them to stop using your name like that?

So that's why I'm starting this pledge.

Entire article:
"My Words Matter: Pledge to Stop the Word 'Retard'" (Jenna Glatzer)
http://www.jennaglatzer.com/pledge_to_stop_the_word_retard.htm

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