Lizzo used an "ableist slur" in her song.
The singer is being asked to either change the lyrics or take the song down completely.
Someone with cerebral palsy is offended by the word she used.
Lizzo was accused of using an "ableist slur" in her new song, and people are asking her to either change the lyrics or take the song down.
According to the Collins Dictionary, "spastic" is a word used to describe a person with a disability that makes it difficult for them to control their muscles. The definition of the word is offensive and old-fashioned for a person with cerebral palsy.
Fans and activists immediately took to social media to voice their anger and disappointment.
"Hey Lizzo, my disability Cerebral palsy is literally classified as Spastic Diplegia (where spasticity refers to unending painful tightness in my legs), your new song makes me pretty angry and sad," wrote one person on the social networking site.
—Hannah Diviney (@hannah_diviney) June 12, 2022
TikToker asked Lizzo to remove the song and only re-release it with no word.
The user said in a TikTok that the words were offensive to the disabled community. It doesn't make sense that this word is more casually used in the US. It is still a word to mock people with disabilities.
The UK TikToker, who is self-proclaimed as "disabled" in their bio, shared in a video that keeping the word in the song would cause further harm to the disabled.
Don't tell disabled people to be nice. The user said that dismissing our feelings made them complicit.
The word spastic is used to insult or call someone stupid.
It's offensive and degrading. People with a disability are suggested to be stupid or flawed. Sometimes people don't mean them in this way but they still cause pain and reinforce negative stereotypes.
Lizzo did not reply immediately.
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