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September 07, 2005

one man's refugee

George Bush opposes using the word "refugees" to describe the victims of hurricane Katrina, presumably because they are Americans, still living in their own country.

Jesse Jackson opposes calling them "refugees" because he claims the term is racist and has criminal connotations (huh?).

News service Reuters has decided to continue referring to them as "refugees," presumably to spite Dubya and prove that nobody listens to Jesse Jackson.

The AP is still using the word also.

Posted by joel at September 7, 2005 04:08 PM

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Why don't they just call them expatriates?

Posted by: chopper [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 8, 2005 12:16 PM

maybe they both should wake up and realize that none of them crossed international borders and therefore are not properly classified as such.

but what do i know.

Posted by: Ekul [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 18, 2005 02:09 AM

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