Use of Word ‘Refugee' Stirs Race Debate
AP消息報導﹐部份讀者和評論家──特別是黑人社區──批評傳媒使用Refugee(難民)一詞來形容受颶風 Katrina 影響而流離失所的新奧爾良居民是不恰當。他們認為用難民一詞﹐有把那些居民貶低成為第二公民之嫌。
“It is racist to call American citizens refugees,” the Rev. Jesse Jackson said, visiting the Houston Astrodome on Monday. Members of the Congressional Black Caucus have expressed similar sentiments.
“It is racist to call American citizens refugees”? 你當你自己是什麼人﹖任何人因為天災人禍戰亂而被迫離開家園/國家去尋求避難之所﹐都可以稱為難民──逃難的人民。美國人也是人﹐為什麼其他國家逃難的人就可以叫難民﹐叫逃難的美國人做難民就是種族歧視﹖
請不要說廢話。
佢地無查字典,唔明什麼是refugee.
Americans can be quite arrogant sometimes.
I just want to share this hidden story about Hurricane Katrina
it is from HK 903 radio
just download it from here: 1st part (start at 7:10); 2nd part