Little People protest the M-word
The advocacy group Little People of America has called on the Federal Communications Commission to ban the word “midget” from broadcast media. The demand came after an episode of NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice in which contestants used the word several times. “It’s not acceptable to call people the N-word,” said chapter president Michael Petruzzelli, “just as it’s not acceptable to call people the M-word. The chosen term now is L.P., or ‘little person.’”
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