Notes On The R Word Pledge

Publié par Unknown on lundi 29 août 2016

By Lisa Brooks


The R pledge is basically an ongoing campaign that seeks to raise the awareness and consciousness of people in the society about the hurtful and very dehumanizing impacts of using the R letter retarded. It also aims at encouraging citizens of United States to shun using the word retard or any of its forms. The R word pledge is also primarily intended to engage different school organizations as well as communities to pledge their divine support in aiding to build a community of inclusivity and acceptance for everybody.

The campaign is held annually, on the first Wednesday of the month of March. Nonetheless, people from all parts of the country can aid in spreading this advocacy message, throughout their particular societies, communities and schools all year round through pledge advocacy rallies, youth rallies, online activation and other platforms that can be used to send the message to as many people as possible.

It is also important to look into the history of this said pledge or movement. It was basically established in the year 2009 during Special Olympics World Youth Summit at the winter games. It was solely created by the youth suffering from intellectual impairment, as well as those that do not. The main motivation and inspirations of this campaign was literally powered by united passions to promote positive impacts made by intellectually disable persons.

The movement sought to make this world a more acceptable and warm place for all members of the society, regardless of the intellectual capacities. The campaigns are held every first Wednesday of March, and the anniversary is celebrated on 31st of March every year. People from all parts of the globe are usually recommended to be very vocal and active in educating others against using dehumanizing terms and sentiments that may adversely affect certain individuals in society.

This campaign is exponentially important, and has made great impacts since it was incepted in 2009. Respectful language that is inclusive of all persons is very essential to this movement, especially for dignity as well as humanity of persons having intellectual disabilities. Nevertheless, some people in the society do not fully recognize the demeaning, dehumanizing, and hurtful effects the word retard poses to intellectually disable people. It is now time to give some credence and attention to the minority, and revamp the consciousness of societal members to the hurting effects of using retard.

To clear on this, the pledge has time and again made it clear that it only intends to discourage as many people as possible from including the offensive terms such as retards in their speeches, whether formal or informal. This is because such terms demean them hence making them feel inferior and unwanted. It is very wrong to ridicule people because of their various conditions, not matter what.

The merchandise that is used in this movement for instance t shirts, bracelets, baseball caps and many others can also be purchased from this official R-word store. Residents are advised to buy these materials as much as possible, to help in spreading the word against retard term.

In culmination, the campaign against using dehumanizing terms like retard is very important, as it helps people with intellectual as well as development problems feel appreciated and accepted in the society. It aims at educating and making people aware of how harmful it is to use the term retard.




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