Big Brother Contestant, Adam,  a public relations manager who arranges events, does publicity and is the Sponsorship and Creative Director for an Autism foundation is south Florida sparked an uproar in the special needs community on Wednesday night with his use of the word “Retard”.

While describing his goals to another contestant, he said, “I want to open a hair dressing salon for kids with special needs so the retards will have a place to get their hair fixed.”  Later, he defended his use of the word by saying he “worked with special needs kids all day and could call them what he wanted.”

The Big Brother forum on CBS’s Web site has erupted with outrage over his flippant use and lack of sensitivity over this word,
http://boards.cbs.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?tsn=51&nav=messages&webtag=cbsbigbromb&tid=4

Interestingly this is in direct contrast to CBS’s policy during the November 2007 episode of the Amazing Race where use of the “R” Word was bleeped out.

Is it sweeps week?