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Anna Morell says Americans often use the slur without thinking about context, but in a country in which a quarter of all adults are disabled, that flippancy is a part of dismissing disabled people

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TV presenter Sophie Morgan - who is disabled - has slammed Beyoncé for using a derogatory term in a song on her new Renaissance album - just weeks after Lizzo did the same

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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…

Beyoncé's publicist confirmed that the artist will replace an offensive lyric from a song in her latest album, Renaissance.

Did we learn nothing from Lizzo?

A representative for the Grammy-winning singer says she will change a lyric after facing backlash from disability advocates calling her choice of words an "ableist slur".

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Beyoncé has vowed to alter the lyrics to one of her new songs after receiving criticism from the disability community.

“The word, not used intentionally in a harmful way, will be replaced,” a spokeswoman for Beyoncé wrote in a statement.