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Related: About this forumThe term "illegals" is a racist term
Last edited Sat Jul 6, 2019, 11:55 AM - Edit history (1)
Anyone using it needs to be called out immediately.
Too many times it's been ignored.
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The term "illegals" is a racist term (Original Post)
SHRED
Jul 2019
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Bluepinky
(2,347 posts)1. Illegals, illegal aliens, aliens all need to be called out.
Yes!
Enoki33
(1,605 posts)3. Agree. There is no such thing as an illegal person.
Ohiogal
(35,744 posts)4. Agree 100%
They should be called Refugees.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)6. You inspired a tweet
I'll include it in the top post.
LuckyLib
(6,927 posts)5. Undocumented workers.
No human being is illegal or alien.
murielm99
(31,632 posts)7. There are some people where I live who
think anyone who speaks Spanish in public is an illegal. If you try to pin them down, they just get angry.
Are they pushing this on Faux News?
old as dirt
(1,972 posts)8. My wife comes from an illegal culture.
Her ancestors ran away centuries ago, established a Palenque and defended their autonomy.
A couple of decades ago, the US government tried to kick us out of the country with a 10 year ban. Folks say that she was "illegal".