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Racial Slurs and Free Speech

The use of racial slurs and its implications on free speech, hate speech, and social consequences.

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Feb 1, 2026
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What legal and social consequences have surrounded public use of the slur in different eras and jurisdictions?

Public use of has carried shifting legal and social consequences: internationally and in many jurisdictions the words are treated as dangerous precursors to harm and sometimes regulated, while courts ...

Feb 6, 2026

Which U.S. state or federal statutes criminalize online hate speech or incitement and how have they been applied?

Federal law and the states do not have a general criminal ban on “” online; instead, U.S. courts and statutes criminalize narrow categories of harmful speech — true threats, incitement to imminent law...