[maica]

She referred to herself as a "refugee".

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Any word is acceptable if people have a positive feeling about who they are as an individual. Any word becomes 'insensitive' if it describes what people don't like to identify with. Ex: cripple > handicapped > challenged > differently abled. Language sensitivity can go on forever.

After WWII many people brought to the US from Europe were called Displaced Persons - DPs. No one had a problem with that, in the immediate aftermath when they were glad to be alive and here. I don't know if that term became 'offensive' at any point in time.

[tcrlaf]

Mosley Braun Ranting On CNN....

[Crawdad]

Tom Petty said it well,

"Somewhere, somehow,
Somebody must have kicked you around some.
Who knows why you wanna lay there and revel in your abandon.

It don't make no difference to me, baby,
Everybody's had to fight to be free,
You see you don't have to live like a refugee.

[WoodstockCat]

several people who evacuated from NO have been interviewed on the Atlanta news here.

They hate the refugee tag. It sound a bit p.c. but they want to be called "displaced American citizens".

I saw alot of proud eyes misty saying "we're not asking for handouts, we just need some help right now."