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called a black security guard a “nigger”” (Coates 101). There are certain ways you speak to someone depending on the relationship status you are to them. “Right names depend on right relationships” (Coates 101). “Gay men often refer to themselves as “faggots””. “My wife and her friends sometimes refer to one another as “Bitch””. “My friend invited me to what he called his “White-trash cabin”” (Coates 103). A word that would have a similar effect as “nigger” would be the exact opposite,…

When one analyzes any group of similar items or actions, there surely will be something that is most useful to the situation; similarly, one will also find an item or action that is least useful to the situation. This applies to the classification of people as well. All classifications fit into two broad categories: informative and divisive. In regard to society as a whole, the most beneficial kind of classification is informative; thus, the least beneficial kind is divisive. To give a better…

more offensive than words such as “faggot,” “cracker,” “spic,” etc.? From this question, I gathered that he/she is trying to say, what makes “nigger” more offensive than any other words that was created to antagonize individuals and if you are going to ban one word you might as well ban all. In response to this, banning of the N-word should not have to prevent the banning of other words, created artificially in order to offend (idebate.org). Although words like “faggot”, “cracker”, and “spic”,…

We the people of the United States of America, have no right to judge an individual by the content of their character or by the choices he or she decide to make. Citizens has dethrone the meaning of happiness for others decisions. Instead of treating each other with respect and praying for better days, the people across the nation antagonize with hatred in their speech, heart, and actions. The LGBT community has struggle throughout the years with bigotry that has led to mass killings, hate…

Think you’re some big, bad C.O. but you aint nothing. I will have you killed. You’re greenlighted you faggot.” I questioned Officer Adams B2462 about what he recalled when Inmate Dennis was escorted to Intake and secured into holding tank 10. Officer Adams recalls that Inmate Dennis was acting very aggressive and threatened Officer Parks multiple times…

I carry a stigma with me every day. Mostly because to many people, part of who I am is either fake, confused, and even promiscuous. Identifying as bisexual has always been a dangerous label in society and even in the LGBTQ+ community. There is without doubt that people do not consider bisexuals a part of the spectrum of the aforementioned reasons and more. Bisexuals are their own ingroup within the larger supportive ingroup of the LGBTQ+ community. Even more complexly, I can argue that there are…

Most of the class were laughing, but there a few who were looking at us in disgust. I stuck my finger up at one boy who had called Carson a faggot. I put my hand up. "Sir! Sir! Can I bash John? I swear it 'll be quick!" He looked at me like I was crazy. "Why would you want to fight John?" I looked at John, hissing, and turned back to sir. "He called Carson a faggot. But John is a fucking pathetic…

Sady Doyle wrote an article, November 19,2009, about twilight titled, “Girls Just Wanna Have Fangs: the unwarranted backlash against fans of the world's most popular vampire-romance series.” The purpose of this work is to inform the reader on the unwarranted backlash on fans of the twilight series. Doyle go all over the place when it comes to her topics. She begins to talk about the weaknesses, next she goes on to the sales of the twilight series, then she goes to the fans of twilight, and…

Jim Shepard 's novel Project X delves into the rarely seen realms of junior high school and poignantly gives a voice to the male outcasts found there. Through the experiences and relationships of the main character, Edwin Hanratty, the novel explores not only the lives of male outsiders but the influences that shape them, exposing a tainted version of masculinity at its core. During the course of the novel, the male characters find themselves assuming masculine roles void of traits they have…

homophobic. Eminem himself is quoted as saying, “I’m not gay bashing. People just don’t understand where I come from. “Faggot” to me doesn’t necessarily mean gay people. “Faggot” to me just means… taking away your manhood. You’re a sissy. You’re a coward. Just like you might sit around in your living…