Yes

• 1 of 27

  by Jan Wright

  Created on: May 28, 2009   Last Updated: May 30, 2009

  When someone uses "retard," or "retarded," the context must be examined as well as to whom they are

• 2 of 27

  by Gary Maclean

  Created on: October 09, 2008   Last Updated: April 23, 2010

  At times I feel we may accommodate everything too much. I think the practice of giving every negative

• 3 of 27

  by Lucius Trae

  Created on: May 02, 2010

  Discrimination is not determined by what a word means in the dictionary. It's determined by how words

• 4 of 27

  by Mary Tyrer

  Created on: November 26, 2007   Last Updated: February 18, 2009

  Why do people need to be cruel and use words like retard or retarded? Personally, I take offense of

• 5 of 27

  by Elizabeth King

  Created on: April 02, 2009

  For John Anton, the name change of the Massachusetts Department of Mental Retardation to the Department

• 6 of 27

  by Carolyn Tytler

  Created on: November 14, 2007

  The use of the words "retarded" or "retard" as slang is certainly discriminatory and extremely offensive

• 7 of 27

  by Jim Mcfalls

  Created on: March 15, 2008

  O.K., here's the easy way to decide; would you want to be called a "retard" or "retarded"? Of course

• 8 of 27

  by Annette Radford

  Created on: August 22, 2008

  I am the mother of four boys - two of them have separate levels of disability which cause cruel and

• 9 of 27

  by Morgan Johnson

  Created on: March 09, 2008

  A casual comment tossed in an offhand manner at a friend and colleague who has made a foolish error,

• 10 of 27

  by Ruth Scalpone

  Created on: April 11, 2009   Last Updated: April 12, 2009

  Employers interviewing for jobs can be biased against people who are afflicted with mental handicaps,

• 11 of 27

  by Elaine Sihera

  Created on: November 13, 2007

  My dictionary defines 'retard' in two ways:
  1. To delay or hold back in terms of progress, development

• 12 of 27

  by Kelli Polsinelli

  Created on: February 14, 2009

  As a teacher of ESL (English as a second language) I encourage my students to avoid using slang as a

• 13 of 27

  by Andrea Counts

  Created on: November 07, 2007

  I believe that using the word retard or retarded when talking about someone puts a label
  on that particular

• 14 of 27

  by Barbara Kasey Smith

  Created on: March 20, 2008

  If you come up to me and ask me, "Is the slang use of the word "retard" or "retarded" discriminatory?

• 15 of 27

  by Christopher Kendalls

  Created on: December 21, 2007

  Everyone thinks it funny that someone is on the "slow bus" or has to attend "special" classes or are

• 16 of 27

  by Keen Johns

  Created on: January 06, 2008

  There is no problem at all with the words retard or retarded, the problem is in the way that these words

• 17 of 27

  by James Holder

  Created on: May 25, 2008   Last Updated: March 06, 2010

  The use of the word retard or retarded I feel is very discriminatory. If you look at the alternative

• 18 of 27

  by Penny Babson

  Created on: February 20, 2008

  I grew up at the foot hills of the Hay stack mountain in Pawlet Vermont. I was raised in a farming/semi

• 19 of 27

  by Stacia Elizabeth Whitbeck

  Created on: November 14, 2008

  While common and accepted in most social situations, the slang use of the word "retard" is discriminatory.

• 20 of 27

  by Ruth Woodhouse

  Created on: January 27, 2008   Last Updated: May 03, 2012

  Yes, the terms "retard" is especially discriminatory to the point of being highly offensive. When I