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Originally Posted by cdherrera
Thanks for putting the word in quotations. I think a lot of us do not appreciate the use of the word. Not to get all politically correct on this thread, but if want other people to stop using that as our label, we probably should too. I'm undocumented, and no human should ever be referred to as "illegal."
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Originally Posted by akkiano
Eh, undocumented or illegal — it all boils down to the same shit situation, no matter which one I get called.
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IMHO, I highly dislike the term, and I think we ourselves should not use it because I think it just keeps perpetuating the xenophobic myth, and it feels like we are agreeing with that myth when we use it. I feel like not only is it bringing us down, but it dehumanizes us, it discriminate us and it thereby lets others treat us like some sort of subhuman class.
But others don't see it that way, but that's what I think.