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Archive Home > 2009 > July > 07 > Little people call for FCC to ban ‘midget’

Little people call for FCC to ban ‘midget’


July 7, 2009

NEW YORK — Little people are calling on the Federal Communications Commission to ban the use of the word “midget” on broadcast TV.

The group Little People of America said Sunday the word is just as offensive as racial slurs.

The request was prompted by an April....

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