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Ice Cube took umbrage to Bill Mahers use of the N-word on Real Time with Bill Maher last week, adding that you gotta know when to shut up.

The Check Yourself rapper is slated to appear on the show Friday, as the New York Daily News reported, and instead of pulling out he has decided to guest on Mahers show and discuss the use of the racial slur.

He knows thats a bad word to a lot of people. Now, the question is: Why did he think he could be that comfortable with saying that? What makes you think you can say that? Why did you think you could get away with that?

The famously politically incorrect Maher, 61, invoked the explosive term during an interview with Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse, who had just invited him to visit the state and work in the fields. The host retorted: Senator, Im a house na.

The 47-year-old rap star, who came to fame as part of the the seminal rap group N.W.A, has been known to use the N-word in his rhymes. But he felt that Mahers usage showed an inaccurate understanding of the history of slavery in America.

He wants to talk about house n-s, like they had it so much better? Ice Cube said in the interview. Its like, please. It wasnt a cakewalk for a so-called house na, either, unless you like being raped. Sometimes, you gotta know when to shut up. Check yourself before you wreck yourself.

Sen. Al Franken, who was also scheduled to appear on the show, has canceled, calling Mahers words inappropriate and inoffensive.

For the record, Maher has issued apologies but the conversation surrounding his use of language continues.

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Bill Maher, host of Real Time on HBO, was forced to apologize this week when he used a racial slur during an interview with Senator Ben Sasse. The Nebraska senator suggested that Maher come to Nebraska to "work in the fields," to which Maher responded "Work in the fields? Senator, I'm a house nigger." His audience gasped, widespread outrage followed, and HBO condemned the remark and promised to edit it from future broadcasts.

"I regret the word I used in the banter of a live moment," Maher said in a statement. The word was offensive, and I regret saying it and am very sorry." It's unclear what Maher's future at the network holds, though he will return for another episode this Friday.

Maher's recent "live moment" with a racial slur for blacks was preceded years ago by an extended insistence that white people should be able to use the word. This occurred on August 22, 2001 on Maher's previous TV show, Politically Incorrect. Maher's guests were Sarah Silverman, David Spade, Guy Aoki of the Media Action Network for Asian Americans, and Anne-Marie Johnson, actress and activist. The discussion of anti-black racism grew from a debate between Silverman and Aoki the previous month, Silverman made on Late Night with Conan O'Brien that some Asian-Americans perceived as racist.

The relevant comments begin at 9:06 in the video above. Maher argued that "nigger" had become an acceptable slang word for anyone to use, thanks to its appearance in music. "Blacks have an issue [that] whites cannot say this word," he said. "I disagree. This word has changed... according to culture."

When Anne-Marie Johnson, who is black, disagreed, Maher remarked "I wouldn't even know that you were black if you didn't tell me," presumably to undercut her authority on the issue of racism. "I love when white people try to define African-Americans," she responded. "I think I'm only one on this stage who's qualified to talk about the meaning of the word, how it hurts, how it doesn't hurt, where it's used, the history of it. Because I live it everyday.

"It's in every song on the radio," Maher countered. "Nigger, nigger, nigger, nigger, nigger, nigger, nigger. It's in every song. People come up to me and say 'BIll, you a nigger.' But I can't say thank you, or say 'Please don't use that word?'"

Johnson cited the continuing existence of hate crimes, which Maher disputes. "History changes," he said. "Words change."

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Hank Williams Jr. will be back on Monday Night Football this fall.

The Tennessean reported Monday that the popular country star will revive his All My Rowdy Friends intro to Monday Night Football complete with his iconic phrase are you ready for some football?

Williams taped his new video in Nashville this past weekend.

The first broadcast this coming season will be Sept. 11 when the Minnesota Vikings play host to the New Orleans Saints.

I hope there will be some happy people on Monday night again, Williams told the Tennessean.

It feels natural, fulfilling and satisfying at this point when youve kind of done it all.

Williams first began leading off MNF broadcasts in 1989 but was pulled in 2011 following controversial comments on Fox News.

According to The Tennessean, Williams described a golf outing pairing President Barack Obama with then-Republican House Speaker John Boehner as: It would be like Hitler playing golf with [Israeli leader] Benjamin Netanyahu.

Williams then said Obama and Vice President Joe Biden the enemy.

ESPN says there may be some blowback to bringing Williams back, but they are big fans of the song.

I think its a return to our past in that its such an iconic song associated with football, Stephanie Druley, ESPNs senior vice president of events and studio production, told the Tennessean.

It was the original. It belongs to Monday Night Football. It really is about returning to what fans know. Its a Monday night party and thats what were all hoping to get back to.

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Fridays moment when TV host Bill Maher uttered the n-word was not the first time he crossed the line where race is concerned. Long before Real Time With Bill Maher was a thing, Maher once talked over, insulted and questioned the blackness of veteran black actress Anne-Marie Johnson, all while arguing that white people should be able to say nigga.

Back in August 2001, Maher was still hosting the first iteration of his political debate show, a show called Politically Incorrect. He had guests Anne-Marie Johnson, offensive-ass comedian Sarah Silverman, comedian David Spade and activist Guy Aoki on his show to discuss race after an incident during which Silverman had made an inappropriate joke using the word chink.

Maher made the assertion that the word nigga (or nigger, as it were) had changed over the last 10-15 years, to which Johnson asked him, According to who?

According to culture, Maher replied condescendingly. According to the fact that its in every song.

Johnson, visibly upset by this, told Maher to ask every African American in his audience the meaning of that word. But before she could complete her thought, Maher talked over her and told her, Every African-American person uses that word night and day. Its in every song; its all through culture.

The word has changed, Maher said. It has been co-opted as a term of endearment ...

At that point, Aoki jumped in and told Maher that the word had been co-opted as a term of endearment between black people, and Johnson told Maher that she was the only person on the panel qualified to talk about the issue.

First of all, Maher responded to Johnson, I wouldnt even know you were black if you hadnt told me.

The conversation continued, with Maher continuing to assert that it was OK for white people to use the word because there was even a group with the word in its name, N.W.A. He then repeated that the word was in every song on the radio.

Nigga, nigga, nigga, nigga, nigga, nigga, nigga, nigga, Maher said. Its in every song. I have people walking up to me going, Hey Bill, you a nigga, and I cant thank them?

The video is a disgusting example of how Maher, and white people who argue for the use of the word in general, refuse to listen when black people try to tell them the word is harmful.

Never mind that black people and even other people of color (in this instance, Aoki) have tried explaining how the co-opting of the word is for black people only; Maher and his ilk want in, and they are going to get in by any means necessary, even if it means yelling down a black woman and questioning her blackness because of the lightness of her skin color.

At any point, Maher could have conceded Johnsons point and left it alone, but his egomaniacal need to be right wouldnt let him. He had to have this one thing, because it was so very important.

As someone on my Facebook feed aptly noted, just not saying the word is the easiest, simplest way that white people can show themselves denying their white privilege.

Literally all you have to do is NOT do it. Just dont do a thing. With that, you show respect for our humanity and acknowledge the complicated history of the word, & let us have this thing to grapple with as you opt out because not everything is yours, Mela Machinko wrote.

And that is the crux of it. Beyond white peoples need to deny the racist history of the word is an insidious desire to be part of everything, whether it is meant for them or not.

Yes, we get it; not all white people. But a good lot of you who argue for the use of the word will, in fact, call black people racist when they tell you its not OK to use it. How does that work, exactly?

Im including a video clip of the full segment below because its worth watching the part that features Silverman and Aoki debating her use of the word chink. She, too, felt as if that should be OK, even as Aoki told her that people of Asian descent consider the word to be a slur.

White privilege is a dangerous thing, and as I have said before, white fragility leads to white violence. The violence is not always physical; what Bill Maher did to Anne-Marie Johnson as shown in the clip was a form of violence. Instead of listening to her and trying to understand his point, he inserted himself into a debate where he really had no place.

White people: It is not up to you to determine how and when a racist word that has been used pejoratively against people of color is offensive. It is not up to you to decide when its OK for white people to use the word. And it is definitely not up to you to question someones blackness in defense of your ignorant-ass argument.

It doesnt matter who you hear say the word, how many times you hear it used or how many rap songs you hear it in.

Nigga is not your word. Stop trying to justify saying it.

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#NeverForget: Bill Maher Once Questioned A Black Woman's Blackness Over the N-Word - The Root

Bill Maher has long been the Susan Lucci of the Emmys variety series category: His ABC platform Politically Incorrect landed eight straight nominations in the 1990s, while HBOs Real Time with Bill Maher has enjoyed a 10-year streak. But hes never won.

Meanwhile, the variety landscape has become even more cluttered, so much so that the TV Academy split it into two fields: talk and sketch. The talk category is as bustling as ever, so the last thing anyone looking to land a nomination needs is a faux pas like the one Maher unleashed on last weeks episode of Real Time.

Speaking with Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse, Maher quipped, Im a house n, in response to Sasse playfully suggesting the host come work in his states fields. In the wake of Kathy Griffins controversial photo stunt last week, reaction to Mahers remark was swift. HBO released a statement calling the hosts use of the racial slur completely inexcusable and tasteless, and Maher himself later apologized as well. Meanwhile, at least one prominent frequent guest, Al Franken, has backed out of an upcoming appearance.

Maher has supporters in the controversy, including other frequent guests like rapper Killer Mike and Georgetown University professor Michael Eric Dyson. Many, however, are calling for his dismissal from the cable network. And Hollywood will have a chance to respond as well, as Emmy ballots are set to go out to TV Academy voters next week.

Awards may not seem to matter here, but in the bigger systemic picture, which affords someone like Maher the kind of privilege that allows him to think he could have gotten away with what he said to begin with, they do have an impact. The #OscarsSoWhite movement was about representation, for example. You cannot underestimate what Moonlights best picture victory, sullied as it was in the moment, meant for under-served voices. Choices made by these organizations are being scrutinized more than ever, so with Emmy season in full swing, the timing could not be worse.

Of course, the 61-year-old Maher has been in hot water before. Politically Incorrect was canceled in 2002 largely due to controversial remarks he made on the show within a week of 9/11. We have been the cowards, lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles away, Maher said at the time. Thats cowardly. Staying in the airplane when it hits the building, say what you want about it not cowardly. Major brands pulled advertising from the show and soon enough, Sinclair Broadcast Group dropped Politically Incorrect from its ABC-affiliated stations.

But Real Time has been a haven from that kind of disruption. HBO has provided a much less restrictive platform for Maher, so its not entirely surprising that he would eventually stick his foot in his mouth to this degree. He and his shows format have obviously done a lot of good in the socio-political discourse, but many have picked up that ball and run with it, whether Comedy Centrals The Daily Show (which trumped Real Time at the Emmys for most of its run) or TBS Full Frontal with Samantha Bee or HBOs own Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, the reigning champ in the category.

So Emmy voters, already facing a wealth of choices, will simply have to ask themselves whether Fridays gaffe was a disqualifying moment. Should Real Time be excluded as a statement about what is and is not acceptable, or should its ongoing legacy and content otherwise be the driving force of consideration?

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A fairly bizarre series of tweets by President Trump criticizing the Justice Department for its handling of his executive orders on visas has lead most observers to conclude that he has cemented the constitutional challenge to his own policies, blown up the governments case and confirmed his own bigotry.

But reading the actual tweets reveals absolutely none of this: To the contrary, they may actually buttress the governments defense of the travel restrictions in the Supreme Court. Certainly any reading of them as confirming a Muslim ban policy reads them through the same presumption of animus that informed the lower court readings of his campaign statements. However, animus is the thing to be proven and it cannot be found in these tweets.

Trumps tweets were certainly Trumpian in tone, and the criticism of his own Justice Department for submitting an executive order he signed does not make him look good. But there is nothing in these tweets that should weaken the Solicitor Generals case before the Supreme Court, or that supports the view that the policies were unconstitutional because of an impermissible motive on the presidents part.

First, he says that the measure is a travel ban. That seems both obvious and uncompromising. Not issuing visas, capping refugee quotas and suspending travel by some foreigners obviously bans travel by those falling with the scope of the measure. But that is not remarkable; President Barack Obama did it too. The ACLU has tried to equate travel ban with Muslim ban but obviously that is not what the tweet says, or even hints at.

Next, he says that the new executive order is watered down and politically incorrect. This is all merely descriptive. The second measure is less broad and more limited than the first executive order; that is a fact. The first orderwas watered down to respond to judicial and political opposition. They took something and made it less strong. That can also make it quite different, from a legal perspective.

Commentators are reacting as if Trump said that the revised versionis a watered down Muslim ban. He did not. He said it is a watered down version of the first order, which everyone already knew.

Nor is it a constitutional offense to be politically incorrect. The first order was clearly politically incorrect, in the sense that it contradicted established pieties, as demonstrated by the reaction to it. But if the courts conclude that political incorrectness constitutes a violation of the equal protection clause, they will be taking an even more unprecedented leap than when they held the executive orders unconstitutional because they were issued by Trump.

Finally, the tweets may actually bolster the governments legal case (rather than purposefully undermine it, as Jack Goldsmith suggested). The tweets imply that Trump had little or no role in the drafting of the current executive order the Justice Departmentis responsible. If we accept that, then any animus that may infect him would not attach to the order of which he is not the author, unless one is to say the administration is generally disabled from carrying out non-permissive immigration policies with respect to a quarter of the worlds nations. And if one does not take his statement that the Justice Department is responsible for the order to mean the most it can mean, how can one read his campaign statements for their maximal, and worst, possible meaning?

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11 Times Bill Mahers Politically Incorrect Comments Sparked Outrage (Photos)

Comedian Bill Maher has made a career of saying controversial things, both on his former ABC show Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher and on his HBO show Real Time with Bill Maher. Though Maher prides himself on being politically incorrect, there have been plenty of times hes said offensive things that got him into hot water. Heres a look at 11of them.

11. He interviews notorious alt-right darling Milo Yiannopoulos After Milos speech at Berkeley University was canceled because of protests that included a few small fires and thrown objects, Maher brought the alt-right idol in for an interview. Though Milos anti-feminism, anti-transgender and anti-Muslim positions are well known, as is his role in the harassment-focused online movement known as GamerGate, Maher offered almost no pushback against Milo. Read more here.

10. He jokes about Tila Tequila being assaulted In 2009, news broke that Tila Tequila claimed shed been assaulted by then-boyfriend and San Diego Charger Shawne Merriman. Maher responded with a joke many found sexist: New rule: Stop acting surprised someone choked Tila Tequila! The surprise is that someone hasnt choked this bitch sooner.

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9. He claims Hillary Clinton cried for political gain During the 2008 presidential campaign, Maher tore into Clinton. In what many read as a sexist remark, Maher said women use crying to win arguments, and accused Clinton of crying on the campaign trail for the same reason. Watch the clip here.

8. He says millions of Muslims supported the Charlie Hebdo attacks Maher has been called out for comments called Islamophobic many times in the past. In the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attack in France in 2015, Maher said hundreds of millions of Muslims supported the violence, in which 12 people were killed and 11 more were injured. Watch the clip.

7. He gets into an Islamophobia argument with Ben Affleck On a panel with actor Ben Affleck and author Sam Harris, Maher defended Harris assertions about Islam, including when Harris said Islam at this moment is the mother lode of bad ideas. The discussion turned into a shouting match as Affleck quickly challenged the stance and bigotry related to discussions of Islam. Watch the clip here.

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6. He compares One Directions Zayn Malik to Boston Marathon bomber Singer Zayn Malik quit the band One Direction, prompting a few jokes from Maher during an episode. But people were angered when Maher asked, Where were you doing the Boston Marathon, placing an image of Malik beside one of bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Many saw the joke as one mocking both Maliks appearance and his Muslim faith. Watch the clip.

5. He says dogs are like children with mental disabilities In the middle of making some point about how hes not lauded enough for raising dogs, Maher said dogs are like retarded children. Guests floundered both to address Mahers use of the offensive word and the much more offensive comparison of children with disabilities to animals. Watch the clip.

4. And makes fun of Sarah Palins son Trig It doesnt seem that Mahers feelings on children with mental disabilities have changed since the Politically Incorrect days. Maher referred to Trig as it and said he looks a lot like John Edwards. Watch the clip here.

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3. He defends Bill OReillys joke about Maxine Waters After Bill OReilly said Congresswoman Maxine Waters hair looked like a James Brown wig, Maher came to his defense on Real Time. Mahers point: liberals cant take a joke. Any found OReillys joke to be racist, and he later apologized. Watch the clip here.

2. He says 9/11 terrorists werent cowardly The comment Maherclaims got his ABC show Politically Incorrect canceled was one in which he later explained he was trying to level a criticism against the American military. Less than a week after Sept. 11, 2001, he said the terrorists who stayed aboard planes were warriors, and said the U.S. had been cowardly for firing cruise missiles at enemies from 2,000 miles away. The comment caused a row as advertisers pulled out of the show, and ABC canceled in June 2002. Watch the clip.

1. He says Im a house n In his latest bout of outrage-driving commentary, Maher offhandedly dropped the n-word in the middle of an interview. HBO has since said the comment was indefensible and is removing it from reruns of the show. Read more here.

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I have to admit that I watch you, maybe even Religulous-ly.

I was the only kid I knew sneaking to watch "Politically Incorrect," the only college student trying to figure out how to get HBO in my dorm to catch "Real Time."

I've attended tapings, used my press pass and connections to mix, mingle, AND eat backstage you get it, I've been a big fan for a long, long time.

But then Friday night, after already approaching the line time and time again, you went too far and said the word.

Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse semi-sarcastically invited you to visit his state, to do some organizing "out in the field." Your face contorted at the idea. "Work in the fields?" you replied. Then in an attempt at a genteel southern accent, "Senator, I'm a house nigga."

Sasse nervously (?) laughed, seemingly not knowing what to say there. The audience had mixed feelings, you looked at the audience with the classic "really?" look you have when your audience isn't fully with you and you moved right along.

So Bill, I'll be direct. Calling yourself "a house nigga" ain't funny. It ain't provocative. It ain't aight. I don't know who let's you drop a "nigga" here and a "nigga" there in casual conversation, or more-so who has maybe let it slide for too long, but we ain't here for it.

(The video in the tweet below includes the uncensored exchange.)

If you're going to drop that on live television, I can't help but think about what else you're comfortable saying in the comforts of your own home, off-screen, famously high, talking to friends.

I want to make one thing clear, this breakup isn't based on that comment alone, but is the result of a cumulative, progressive (lowercase "P") discomfort with the things I would allow a pass for.

This breakup is because I feel like you've become someone I can't continue to defend, no matter how long I rode for you.

While it wasn't the first time I'd disagreed with you, things started to get awkward for me around the time you started making fun of Caitlyn Jenner.

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We can debate all day long about Caitlyn, how problematic her politics are, whiteness, privilege, etc. No matter what you or I think about her, I won't ever speak of her as "him," I don't need to discuss or make fun of her genitalia, and I'm not ever referring to her as "Bruce."

It's not because I'm tip-toeing around to be politically correct, it's because I have respect for transgender people, and an acknowledgement of my privilege that says to me "you don't know what that feels like, so extend some compassion."

And then there are your less-than-popular positions Islam and Muslim people.

You've been downright divisive, suggesting that extremism isn't as much extremist or on the margins, but that the most controversial beliefs of some within the faith are ubiquitous and indicative of how all Muslims think.

You weren't just being politically incorrect, you were just wrong. There are some things in the Islamic faith that I don't agree with and there's more that I simply don't understand in large part because I'm not Muslim. But to call the whole faith hateful, or to agree that Islam is just "the motherlode of bad ideas" doesn't serve progress.

Now when it comes to the words "nigger" and "nigga," I don't tend to use the phrase "the n-word" much, because I think it's silly and diminutive. At no point does someone hear "the n-word" and not hear in their mind "nigger."

I use it in some settings and sometimes on social media, but I feel like I have to and I hate it. But every time I hear a white person ask whether or not they can say the word, my response has been the same for years: "You can say whatever you want to but there are consequences."

(I also pause, wonder, and sometimes ask "And why do you want to say it so badly," a question that never actually gets a reasonable answer.)

There's not a grown white person out there that doesn't know what they're doing when they say the word. There are plenty of people who (rightly) say that if you were to drop "nigga" in conversation, you could expect to catch these hands.

Two years ago your closing "Real Time" editorial, titled "New Rule Learn How to Take a Joke" took on society's hyper-sensitivity that comedians have been complaining about in recent years. And I get it. We are hyper-sensitive right now but there's a reason for it.

Many of us "us" being marginalized and minority communities feel under attack, and hyper-sensitivity is a side-effect. You don't know what it's like to see people who look like you cut-down by police week after week with little-to-no consequence and for the government to be lead by people who don't even see your life as valuable.

You don't know, and nor do I, what it's like to be a trans-woman having to make a difficult, incredibly personal decision about your body, your gender, how you present and whether or not to come out.

You, nor I, know what it's like to have to give up your whole life for the dream of coming to this country, to hopefully get here, make a life for your family and struggle, and then hear the President of the United States say that you must be a rapist, or drug-dealer, or otherwise a criminal because you came from a country from which he didn't import a wife.

You don't know what it's like to be a person of faith and your whole religion to be under attack for the actions of a few that horrified you as much as it did anyone else. And then to be painted with that brush, to be chased down, attacked, berated and belittled on the streets of the city you live in on election night because people can tell you're Muslim simply because of your attire.

You don't know what it's like to have to be representative of an entire community everywhere you go because you're Black. Or trans. Or Muslim. Or an immigrant. Or female. And the list goes on.

So while you've made millions on your brand of being politically incorrect, and many of us have watched you, learned from you, laughed with you, and maybe taken issue from time to time with what you've said, it may behoove you to think about how much you're starting to reflect the president you've been railing against.

And while you may think you're not anything like him, from where I sit, you're starting to look more and more the same. Rich white men who say reckless, divisive things that aren't always founded on truth, but borne out of your own skewed view of the world

What you call being "politically incorrect" is really more about having a pass to say things you ain't got business saying.

What you call political in/correctness many of us look as simply dis/respect.

New Rule: I don't think I can watch you anymore.

Tuning out of Real Time in real time,

Jarrett Hill

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Politically incorrect crayons for adult coloring books. (Image: Kickstarter)

Adult coloring books have certainly risen in popularity in the past few years, with sales in the U.S. reaching 14 million books in 2016. Psychologists and therapists even prescribe them to patients as calming tools and citeadditional benefits like enhancing focus and concentration, helping with problem solving and organizational skills.

Now, a pair ofKickstarter enthusiasts, want to make coloring even more fun for you by merging Cards Against Humanity with the 'boring' crayon to make it... politically incorrect. The offensive crayons come in much more interesting colors than regular crayons, such as Privilege White, Boner Pill Blue, Miscarriage Maroon, and Travel Ban Brown - all to help you "bring life to your pages."

The way we see it, Offensive Crayons remind us that political correctness and the way we see the world (and choose to color it) is entirely subjective. As neuroscientist Beau Lotto explains - we don't see the world as it is, we see the world that helps us to live, because our sensory organs interpret inherently meaningless" data in ways that are useful for our survival. Color is a great example of this.

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In addition, we don't underestimate the special power of special colors. Just ask psychologist Adam Atler who wrote a whole book about one of them Drunk Tank Pink. As it turns out Drunk Tank Pink is a special shade of pink, that a group of psychologists in the 60s discovered to have calming effects on aggressive students and also to improve their engagement in class. Similar effects were observed when this shade of pink was introduced to a prison and used to paint the cell that kept the most aggressive prisoners.

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So, go ahead and express your unique individuality, with a sense of humor, whether through "Drunken racist uncle purple? or "Ho ho home invasion red?" no one else sees the world just like you.

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