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<blockquote data-quote="WPLG" data-source="post: 58475" data-attributes="member: 158">Beyoncé is removing an offensive term for disabled people from a new song on her record “Renaissance,&quot; just weeks after rapper Lizzo also changed lyrics to remove the same word.“The word, not used intentionally in a harmful way, will be replaced,” a spokeswoman for Beyoncé wrote in a statement to The Associated Press on Monday.The song “Heated,” which was co-written with Canadian rapper Drake among several others, uses the word “spaz,&quot; which is considered a derogatory reference to the medical term spastic diplegia, a form of cerebral palsy.Lizzo also removed the word from one of her songs, “Grrrls,&quot; in June after disability advocates complained about the lyrics. Lizzo <a href="https://twitter.com/lizzo/status/1536480260732047361" target="_blank">said in a statement</a> she never wanted to promote derogatory language.Disability advocate Hannah Diviney, who pointed out Lizzo’s lyrics that lead to the change, <a href="https://twitter.com/hannah_diviney/status/1553341422996115458" target="_blank">wrote on Twitter</a> that hearing the word again used by Beyoncé “felt like a slap in the face to me, the disabled community &amp; the progress we tried to make with Lizzo.”<a href="https://www.local10.com/entertainment/2022/08/01/beyonce-to-remove-offensive-word-from-new-song/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="WPLG, post: 58475, member: 158"] Beyoncé is removing an offensive term for disabled people from a new song on her record “Renaissance," just weeks after rapper Lizzo also changed lyrics to remove the same word. “The word, not used intentionally in a harmful way, will be replaced,” a spokeswoman for Beyoncé wrote in a statement to The Associated Press on Monday. The song “Heated,” which was co-written with Canadian rapper Drake among several others, uses the word “spaz," which is considered a derogatory reference to the medical term spastic diplegia, a form of cerebral palsy. Lizzo also removed the word from one of her songs, “Grrrls," in June after disability advocates complained about the lyrics. Lizzo [URL='https://twitter.com/lizzo/status/1536480260732047361']said in a statement[/URL] she never wanted to promote derogatory language. Disability advocate Hannah Diviney, who pointed out Lizzo’s lyrics that lead to the change, [URL='https://twitter.com/hannah_diviney/status/1553341422996115458']wrote on Twitter[/URL] that hearing the word again used by Beyoncé “felt like a slap in the face to me, the disabled community & the progress we tried to make with Lizzo.” [url="https://www.local10.com/entertainment/2022/08/01/beyonce-to-remove-offensive-word-from-new-song/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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