Shut up. Shut up. SHUT UP!
Just watch this video and you'll be saying the same thing:
Wasn't that absolutely hilarious?! I can NOT handle that little kid. Amen! Preach little dude...
It was made by YouTube user playahata646 for an 8th grade PSA project a year ago, but it's just now getting a lot of attention. Not 100% sure if they specifically had to make the PSA about using the word or if they got to choose what PSA they did, but does that really matter? It's just amazing seeing kids making things like this and educators encouraging them to talk about the subject.
If it looks familiar, it's because it's a play on GLSEN and Ad Council's first LGBT-focused campaign "Think B4 You Speak" to stop the word "gay" from being used as a negative term. Created by ArnoldNYC, the campaign beat out 50 other campaigns in 2008 to win The Advertising Council's Gold Bell Award for Creative Excellence. I've always been a fan of these commercials since they came out and I think they really put into perspective how hurtful that kind of language can be. Check out the three ads that were released, which feature Wanda Sykes and
Hilary Duff:
And here's their latest TV spot, featuring NBA players Grant Hill and Jared Dudley:
Ummm...do you wanna watch the kids again? Okay, great...
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