Stephen,
Black folks have always been a colony within this nation. It's no secret to
them. I feel strongly that you need to jump back off the
denotation/contation debate for about four weeks, and then go on again and
wrestle it down. I HEAR you, but it's not the week to deal with it. We
ain't linguistic dummies, you, me, Ken, and several other folks that have
been sitting in on history in America. I suggest that you do as you once
told me to do, "Go outside, take a break."
Judy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Vincent" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 1:57 PM
Subject: Re: New Orleans Prisoners left to drown
> Oh please. I cannot believe this discussion is even happening and that I
> involved myself in it. Of all the linguistic trivia I've run into, this
> tops all.
>
> Ken
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> "Trivia"?? Ken, I guess you have not been listening to the anger of
> African-Americans expressed in multiple places over the use of the term,
> "refugee." It's perceived/heard, as it should be, as a real insult -
> particularly by a people that have been in this country much much longer
> than a majority of our emigrant populations - including possibly your
> ancestors and most of my own - who probably at the point of arrival did
> not
> even then like being called "refugees" from whatever ill-force.
>
> In this case, I humbly suggest, "trivia" is an odd term, an odd refuge.
>
> Stephen V
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>> Stephen Vincent wrote:
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>>> "Refugee" connotes (denotes?) people seeking refuge from another
>>> country.
>>> These are American citizens (George W, his mother's views, and the "send
>>> them back to Africa" Confederate wing of the Republican Party not
>>> withstanding).
>>> "Evacuees" is the comfortable term.
>>> Get your sophisticated ear on, Ken!!
>>>
>>> Stephen V
>>>
>>>
>> Oh please. I cannot believe this discussion is even happening and that I
>> involved myself in it. Of all the linguistic trivia I've run into, this
>> tops all.
>>
>> Ken
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