The quarterback of the Baltimore Ravens recent use of the word "retarded" has set a movement in motion by two teens in Dauphin County.
Joe Flacco was asked about playing the Super Bowl in New York next year, not far from where he grew up. His response started, “That's retarded…sorry I probably shouldn't have said that.”
After that statement, two local girls want people to stop using that "r" word.
The girls want you to go online and sign their petition. The goal is to get one-million pledges to refuse, refrain and reject the "r" word.
“Yeah, I think it's retarded…I guess I really, I shouldn't say that,” Flacco answered.
The Ravens quarterback did apologize for saying the "r" word during a press conference about the Super Bowl, saying it was a bad choice of words.
Unfortunately, it's a word that's used every day, by thousands of people, in a negative manner. A word that two 14-year-old friends are trying to get out of your vocabulary.
"At our school, a lot of people say the word ‘retarded’ just joking around with their friends and it really affects me, my brother is actually mentally retarded and it's just like they just use it the wrong way and they aren't thinking," explained Amber Albert.
Amber Albert and her best friend Devon Viola launched an online petition.
It's simple, the two Lower Dauphin High School students want your pledge, to refuse, refrain and reject the "r" word.
People from all over are signing this petition, Pennsylvania, New York and Kansas.
"We need 100,000 signatures in 30 days for it to actually go to the president so that he can acknowledge it and it can get much bigger. We want to get at least a million and get it to go maybe even worldwide,” Devon Viola told us. “Just to see how big we can get this. Just to show how much it affects people."
To sign the petition, just click on the attached link.
Joe Flacco was asked about playing the Super Bowl in New York next year, not far from where he grew up. His response started, “That's retarded…sorry I probably shouldn't have said that.”
After that statement, two local girls want people to stop using that "r" word.
The girls want you to go online and sign their petition. The goal is to get one-million pledges to refuse, refrain and reject the "r" word.
“Yeah, I think it's retarded…I guess I really, I shouldn't say that,” Flacco answered.
The Ravens quarterback did apologize for saying the "r" word during a press conference about the Super Bowl, saying it was a bad choice of words.
Unfortunately, it's a word that's used every day, by thousands of people, in a negative manner. A word that two 14-year-old friends are trying to get out of your vocabulary.
"At our school, a lot of people say the word ‘retarded’ just joking around with their friends and it really affects me, my brother is actually mentally retarded and it's just like they just use it the wrong way and they aren't thinking," explained Amber Albert.
Amber Albert and her best friend Devon Viola launched an online petition.
It's simple, the two Lower Dauphin High School students want your pledge, to refuse, refrain and reject the "r" word.
People from all over are signing this petition, Pennsylvania, New York and Kansas.
"We need 100,000 signatures in 30 days for it to actually go to the president so that he can acknowledge it and it can get much bigger. We want to get at least a million and get it to go maybe even worldwide,” Devon Viola told us. “Just to see how big we can get this. Just to show how much it affects people."
To sign the petition, just click on the attached link.