Sentence(s): "The Chicago Abortion Fund, a pro-choice group, denounced the billboard. "The ongoing anti-choice movement to target women of color in cities across the country is both despicable and deplorable," it said in a statement."
Definition: —adjective 1. causing or being a subject for grief or regret; lamentable. 2. causing or being a subject for censure, reproach, or disapproval; wretched; very bad.
Roth's article is about a controversial billboard in the Englewood, Chicago. Being that Englewood is a prodominently black neighborhood, the community's response to the anti-abortion billboard on display is not so welcoming since it targets the African-American community, "shame[s] black women" (Roth), and is cynical and misleading by having a picture of President Obama on it. In this article, "deplorabe" is obviously used to describe something that is "causing or being a subject for censure, reproach, or disapproval; wretched; very bad" ("deplorable").
Works Cited
"deplorable." Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com LLC, 2011. Web. 30 March 2011.
Roth, Zachary. "Billboard, new law, highlight racial turn for abortion debate." Yahoo! News. Yahoo! Inc, 30 March 2011. Web. 30 March 2011.
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