She Who Will Be Obeyed!: Let's use correct words

September 07, 2005

Let's use correct words

Main Entry: ref·u·gee
Pronunciation: "re-fyu-'jE, 're-fyu-"
Function: noun
Etymology: French réfugié, past participle of (se) réfugier to take refuge, from Latin refugium
: one that flees; especially : a person who flees to a foreign country or power to escape danger or persecution
- ref·u·gee·ism /-"i-z&m/ noun

The people who are escaping the mess that Katrina left in the South are *not* refugees. They are American citizens with rights, and they should be treated better than some of them are being treated.

These people have lost their homes, their jobs, their friends. They have not lost their American Citizenship - so, reporters, et. al. - quit calling them refugees - they have *not* fled the country!!

Posted by Beth at September 7, 2005 01:34 PM