A former GOP donor, who once made headlines after calling former president Barack Obama the N-word, fatally shot himself after attempting to kill his wife, according to reports.
A former GOP donor, who once made headlines after calling former president Barack Obama the N-word, fatally shot himself after attempting to kill his wife, according to reports.
I’m not who you asked, but the US government was still removing the use of “mental retardation” from its documents as late as 2013. Maybe even longer.
And the UN General Assembly’s Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons is still active international law, without updating the language.
There was a big campaign to not use it in medical / education professional settings 30 years ago because it was also being used as a slur, but that doesn’t mean the continued use of it as a slur is disconnected from its history or original meaning.