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The usage and perception of racial language in the United States have shifted from widely accepted hierarchical labels to contested, context-dependent terms framed by scholars and institutions as social constructs with real-world harms.
in public or online is usually constitutionally protected speech, but it can trigger criminal charges, civil liability, or institutional discipline when paired with threats, harassment, or other unlaw...
historically became the dominant, de facto language of public life in but was never legally enshrined at the federal level because early leaders resisted imposing a single national tongue amid , repea...
has been a deliberate tool in racist propaganda used to dehumanize targeted groups—portraying Black people as apes or brutes, Asians as vermin or animals, and immigrant groups as rats or pests—to just...