AN UPDATE: Regarding the thread this morning about the use of the word "Negro" at work

[kevinbgoode1]

57. This awful situation reminds me of an episode of "Blackish" nearly a decade ago. . .

First, I think you are right and certainly should be in the clear - the use of a proper and official title has no basis for discipline. Seems to me the offended person should air her complaints with the museum if she doesn't like the use of that word in their title.

It also reminds me of a small incident I had while teaching several years ago. I announced that I was giving an open-book quiz in the class, and I noticed that not a single student had brought a textbook - and a few of them were looking around to see if any of their classmates may have one (which they didn't). I made the mistake of saying "well, I guess you are all handicapped taking this quiz, since no one brought a book." Everyone but one student knew what I meant in the context, (and the Oxford dictionary clearly agrees) but the one student went all the way up the ladder demanding I be disciplined for maligning the disabled. I had to attend a meeting and apologize.

Anyway, the first few minutes of this video are about the use of the "N" word in that episode. There are a few swear words as well, but they bleeped them out, along with the "N" word - well, the more derisive slang term. At the time it aired (and in streaming) the episode only bleeped the "N" word but not the swearing - the producer, i believe, thought that method actually gave the meaning more power.

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