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Video Responses to "Tropic Thunder" - The R-Word

The movie Tropic Thunder sparked protest from disability-rights groups for its frequent use of the R-word to describe a character with intellectual disabilities. These two videos address that controversy with a clear message that words are powerful, for better or for worse.
Respect
A PSA video from The Arc wonders why anyone would want to use the R-Word when there are so many other positive names to call people with intellectual disabilities.
R Word
A video from the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network points up the power that words have, to tear down or to build up.
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