A little background. My daughter (14) goes to school with a boy who has Tourette's syndrome. One of his tics is saying the N word (loud and randomly). My daughter and I saw him the other day and I made a comment that he needed to find some kind of way to redirect himself from using that word and that I don't think it's fair that black students have to hear that word all the time in a class setting. My daughter is not bothered by this at all and she got upset with me and said he can't help it and that I'm being an ableist (prejudice against someone with a disability). I do not plan to complain about it or anything and I understand that he is living with a disability and I feel bad for him, but I still think black students (or anyone else for that matter) shouldn't be subjected to that word all day. I have to admit I have little understanding of Tourette's but how is he going to be in the workplace or other environments if he continues to use that word. Please forgive me for my ignorance on this.
Not really dramatic but this foid brings up a good reference:
A&E had a show about kids with tourettes. Raising Tourettes and Born This Way, shouldn't have been cancelled. They can't help it and it hurts them to try to hold it in.
The latter show had a dude having a convo with his mom and heβs peppering peepeesucker and whore throughout.
On r/tourettes I saw they were trying to start a groomercord. Curious how that turned out.
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