Take It Back: A Manual for Fighting Slurs on Campus

Look around your school. There are countless differences among the people you see - differences in race, ethnicity, gender, cultural heritage, religious belief, sexual orientation, economic class, age, physical and mental ability, and many others.

Instead of being embraced as expressions of diversity, these differences are often singled out for ridicule. Name-calling, labeling, harassing remarks, and slurs send clear messages to their targets that they are not welcome or "not as good" as others, and contribute generally to a hostile school environment for everyone.

Words DO have the power to hurt us!

Slurs hurt, isolate, and fragment communities, leaving people feeling left out and targeted. Recognizing the power of language to affect individuals and environments is foundational to the work of creating safe space for all students at school.

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