Growing up in a biracial family, Jeter was subjected to hurtful racial epithets spewed by ignorant people.

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At protest rallies that followed, some gay blacks reported they were even hit with racial epithets by angry white participants.

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Parents of the Jena 6 say they heard Barker was hurling racial epithets, but Barker's parents insist he did nothing to provoke the attack.

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The defense felt it scored big victories when several witnesses impeached Fuhrman and when the jury heard audio of Fuhrman uttering two racial epithets.

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In March 1991, during an overtime game in New Jersey, a courtside heckler had been yelling racial epithets throughout the game at Barkley.

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Authorities now allege that the thugs who beat Luis shouted racial and ethnic epithets.

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