Black refugees ask if Utah will really accept them

pippin

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Sat Sep-10-05 01:22 PM
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Black refugees ask if Utah will really accept them

"CAMP WILLIAMS, Utah (Reuters) - Asked whether he would relocate permanently to Utah after being brought here as a refugee from Hurricane Katrina, Larry Andrew rattled off a series of questions on Friday on the delicate issue of race.

"How do the adults really feel about us moving in?" he asked at Camp Williams, a military base 21 miles south of Salt Lake City housing about 400 refugees from last weeks disaster. "What if I find a Caucasian girl and decide to date her?

"Will I have to deal with whispering behind me and eyeballing me?" asked the 36-year-old black man."

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/09/09/MTFH18824_2005-09-09_21-12-19_SPI974148.html

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Catherine Vincent

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Sat Sep-10-05 01:25 PM
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1. Oops, he shouldn't have asked about dating a caucasian girl.

They'll definitely get run out of town.

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TwentyFive

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Sat Sep-10-05 01:33 PM
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2. What if he saw a caucasian GUY that he liked?

Whispering and eyeballs would be the least of his worries.

Hell hath no fury like large majorities of white christian republicans.

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wryter2000

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Sat Sep-10-05 01:36 PM
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3. The article made the mistake of calling them refugees

They're evacuees or people who lost their homes. They're Americans, not people who had to search for refuge in another country.

You can quibble that refugee means anyone who has to seek refuge, but it carries the connotation of foreigners and third-world people. African American people have asked that these folks be recognized as Americans.

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Igel

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Sat Sep-10-05 09:05 PM
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6. I've taken to calling them all 'deeps'.

Spelling pronunciation for DPs.

No problems with connotations or even the cursed denotation for those with limited experience.

Seems to make everybody happier.

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riverwalker

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Sat Sep-10-05 02:01 PM
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4. they will love and embrace you

just like the Mormons did the natives in Utah. :sarcasm:

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Skittles

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Sat Sep-10-05 02:43 PM
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5. WTF IS THIS "REFUGEE" STUFF

THEY'RE AMERICANS FOR CHISSAKES

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