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  2. Freedom (Franzen novel) - Wikipedia

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    Freedom is a 2010 novel by American author Jonathan Franzen.It was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Freedom received general acclaim from book critics, was ranked one of the best books of 2010 by several publications, [1] [2] and called by some critics the "Great American Novel". [3]

  3. These 11 everyday words and phrases have racist and ... - AOL

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    An article published by Frank Houghton and Sharon Houghton discussing racist language in the medical field cited that the word "blackness" has 120 synonyms. Of these, 60 are distinctly negative ...

  4. List of most commonly challenged books in the United States

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    Obscene language and a scene describing the rescue of a naked woman 1987 — — 26 Gone with the Wind: Margaret Mitchell: Several uses of racial slurs, the book's portrayal of slavery, and references to rape 1936 — — — Goosebumps (series) R. L. Stine: Supernatural themes, violence, and encouraging disobedience 1992–1997 46 94 15 Gossip ...

  5. Free Women, Free Men - Wikipedia

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    Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, Feminism is a 2017 essay collection by American academic and cultural critic Camille Paglia.Comprising previously published essays, the book's central principles, according to Paglia, are "free thought and free speech—open, mobile, and unconstrained by either liberal or conservative ideology"; she argues for an "enlightened feminism, animated by a ...

  6. The 'G-word': The slur you didn't know was a slur - AOL

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    The issue here is that this term — the G-word — is more widely recognizable than the preferred term “Romani people” or “the Roma.” But when used by non-Romani people, the G-word is a ...

  7. Gender-neutral language - Wikipedia

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    Gender-neutral language or gender-inclusive language is language that avoids reference towards a particular sex or gender. In English, this includes use of nouns that are not gender-specific to refer to roles or professions, [1] formation of phrases in a coequal manner, and discontinuing the collective use of male or female terms. [2]

  8. Book excerpt: "Freedom: Memoirs 1954-2021" by Angela Merkel - AOL

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    Audible has a 30-day free trial available right now. Prologue This book tells a story that will not happen again, because the state I lived in for thirty-five years ceased to exist in 1990.

  9. Free people of color - Wikipedia

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    Free woman of color with quadroon daughter. Late 18th-century collage painting, New Orleans. Free people of color played an important role in the history of New Orleans and the southern area of New France, both when the area was controlled by the French and Spanish, and after its acquisition by the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase.