From the students at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
For the eighth straight season, the NBA showed love for their Chinese fan base for their New Year’s celebration in February. The 15-game celebration just recently concluded last Sunday during the NBA All Star game in Charlotte. There has been a growing friendship between China and the NBA dating back to the Michael Jordan era… Continue reading NBA Vet Uses Chinese Racial Slur in Video
The problem with offensive language is it is becoming so normalized to the public that people believe that it is okay to say anything they want. A prime example of this is the use of offensive language in rap music. The majority of the songs I listen to fall under the rap music category, so… Continue reading We’re all Tired of Hearing It
Over the past several weeks, I have had the opportunity to examine many words or phrases that have generated an extensive amount of controversy across many platforms. It has become extremely common to come across a headline of a prestigious figure or celebrity under fire for using an offensive word or slang that has completely… Continue reading “Spread the Word to End the Word”
Over the past week, we have been looking at different words and phrases that people feel are offensive. I chose to look at the way that women are spoken about in society and discuss how this can negatively impact people. Many of the insults and derogatory language that we use in our culture are references… Continue reading Women should be allowed to enjoy sex
In June of 2018 President Trump once again took shots at someone, in a usual attempt he went to Twitter to voice his latest opinion of someone. Congresswoman Maxine Water was verbally attacked by President Trump on Twitter, and this isn't the first time he has done such a thing. On June 25th President Trump… Continue reading Disrespect No more
YouTube is one of the largest platforms on the internet. Not only are hundreds of thousands of hours of content uploaded everyday, but its become one of the largest media and social culture hubs the world has ever seen. My generation has essentially grown up with YouTube, and its heavily reflected on my generations culture.… Continue reading Pewdiepie and YouTube
Photo by: Medium Corporation Social media can be used to express yourself to friends, family, the public, and even strangers. However, with being able to post whatever you would like and express yourself comes with some dangers. A social media post can resurface any time even if you deleted the post. These post can be… Continue reading Kevin Hart and the Oscars
Throughout the past couple weeks we have discussed as a class the issues on offensive words, their meaning and then our personal views. I have learned these past couple weeks that certain words are found to be offensive to some but not to others. While some people may get greater consequences than others for saying… Continue reading Kim Kardashian gets backlash for saying the R word
Just surpassing the 6-year anniversary of the original record release, I want to highlight a situation that was recognized when a famous rapper used offensive words as lyrics and, in return, received some negative, yet necessary, consequences. Released on February 15, 2013 by Rocko featuring Future and Rick Ross; a rap song called "U.O.E.N.O," included… Continue reading Rapper loses partnership over offensive lyrics
Jussie Smollett is a gay African-American Actor who is famous off of a show called "Empire" that plays on Fox. Last week he reported that he was jumped by two individuals who yelled racial and homophobic slurs to him, ad even poured a liquid substance on him and fled the scene as he fought back.… Continue reading Was Jussie Smollett’s Attack Staged or was it real?
Censorship and Consequences 
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