Crip Drag.
Really? I mean honestly, okay fine don't use a disabled actor to play the part that's fine whatever but you're seriously going to call it Crip Drag? As far as I'm concerned that term should be saved for a Blood going into enemy territory, not for the topic at hand. I'm not personally disabled but a member of my family is. If I walked up to her and called her a crip, or even a cripple I'm pretty sure she would not only disown me but also whack me upside the head and make me leave her house. To me that term is SO demoralizing and unsuited. Just because a person has a handicap or is disabled doesn't mean they're a cripple. As far as I'm concerned the term crippled should be saved for NASCAR when a car is knocked out of the race. I know I seem stuck on this one topic but it's something that bothers me all the time. all of these hateful words thrown around at all walks of life, and I'm sure you know these words and probably have used some of them. But please, don't make it part of modern lexicon. Please don't make the official term used for anything be hateful. As far as I'm concerned, crip is just as degrading as calling a black person the N- word or calling a Mentally handicapped person the R- word. Can we please, as a nation, hell even as a class, gain the fortitude to stop with the simple stereotyping and hate? Please?
I understand where your frustration is coming from Ryan-it is a horrendous term. I want you to know that the term actually was derived among the community of disability studies scholars-which includes those who are disabled. I hope that helps a little. When it is discussed in class, it is discussed in a scholarly and academic fashion.
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