Thread: Pejorative word (ILLEGAL) should not be used

Originally Posted by JohnDoe2

Pejorative word should not be used

Lisa Navarrete, vice president, National Council of La Raza - Washington, D.C.


The use of "illegal" as a stand-alone word highlights and reinforces how this term has become pejorative shorthand for anyone, especially anyone Latino, suspected of being in the country illegally. The article makes clear that these are students with undocumented immigration status, not kids enrolled in school illegally.

Get this NAVARRETE....The word ILLEGAL by definition is used to describe something that is prohibited or not authorized by law. ANYONE who is in this country without going through the proper legal process is ILLEGAL. It you that is confused on the definition and YOU who seem to only apply it to MEXICANS. Sorry if the word ILLEGAL has a negative connotation to you but breaking the law is not a very positive thing in the country.

Originally Posted by JohnDoe2

Call them what the U.S. Federal Government, I.C.E., calls them, ILLEGAL ALIENS.

I am sure Obama and Napolatino are working on changing the term illegal aliens to something more pc like "paperless persons".

Hey they tried to get everyone to stop calling the Mexican/Swine Flu.that but.most people still call it that, not H1N1...and illegal alien is still that, illegal alien...you can put lipstick on a Pig but it is still a Pig..

Kathyet

Didn't some-one dare to call IAs "Undocumented Americans"?