This is why disability advocates say it's not okay to use 'spazz' in lyrics
lyrics. G Perico and Remble released a song in 2021 called “Spazz,” while Lil Baby included a track with the same name on his 2018 releasemixtape.A Kid Named Cudi
“When I first read about it, I attributed it less to cruelty or somehow more to their cluelessness about the power and stigma of the word,” says David Serlin, University of California San Diego professor of communications.
Unlike such words as “queer,” “dyke” or “crip” — which Serlin notes have been reclaimed by the historically marginalized LGBTQ and differently abled communities and are now in more common parlance in an empowering way — he’s not seen”spazz” reclaimed in any widespread fashion to date.
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