Oprah Winfrey, airing her show live from the hurricane-ravaged wasteland this Tuesday:
"DON'T call these people 'refugees.' They are NOT 'refugees.'"
In addition, Rev. Jesse Jackson slipped his foot back into his mouth with the notion that calling black people "refugees" lowers them to second-class status.
Webster's dictionary: definition of "refugee" is as follows:
"One who flees to a shelter, or place of safety."
For the record, though the vast majority of people directly affected by Katrina's destruction are black, victims also include Korean, Hispanic, Caucasian, Chinese, American Indian, European tourists, Canadians, French, etc, etc, etc... I am not defending verbiage involving racial abuse, but the P.C. has GOT to stop!!!
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