"When Beyoncé dropped the same ableist slur as Lizzo on her new album, my heart sank" The word? Sp*z.

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i'm australian and i have epilepsy, and i don't really know what i want her to do. i know hearing the word makes me uncomfortable, but so does hearing any slur/derogatory term.

I'll never understand why these "people" get legitimately bothered by words. Absolutely pathetic.

Can I be 100% honest? I see people defending Australians and Brits using the words c*** and f** because with the former word, it's just not taken as seriously, and with the latter, it means something different (cigarette). Why is it that that can be defended, but when two black female musical artists use a word that frankly is not offensive in America, where both are from, all of a sudden that is worthy of Guardian articles shaming them?

"How can I make this about race and how can I make black people the victims?"

Saying spaz isn’t part of African American culture though? Like that’s a bit of a stretch there

It is for sure slang that originated in black communities. If language isn't culture then what is?

Don't 👏🏿 appropriate 👏🏿 black 👏🏿 slurs.

Jesus Christ. If this is the shit that makes your heart sink then maybe re-evaluate your life. Especially considering the context of this word being a normal word where she is.

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girl if this is why your "heart sank" then you probably weren't swimming to begin with 💀

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As a Bey fan, the word needs to be removed and an apology needs to be issued.

She's an international artist, marketed internationally, available internationally, so she needs to put the work in to not further alienate an already-oppressed sect of that international audience.

APOLOGIZE

spaz is AAVE. i’m sorry and understand that in other parts of the world its a slur but in african american vernacular english its a totally different meaning. this album was solely targeted to black queer people so the opinions and hurt feelings of people outside that target audience are sadly irrelevant. sorry but that’s the cold hard truth 🤷🏾‍♂️

WE WUZ SPAZZIN N SHIEET