Showing posts with label Latin American Coalition Youth Group. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Latin American Coalition Youth Group. Show all posts

Monday, May 2, 2011

Charlotte, NC: Students Against "Anti-Immigrant Slurs" Collect Signatures of Support

Charlotte, NC: Students Against "Anti-Immigrant Slurs" Collect Signatures of Support...The Latin American Coalition's youth group has taken a national campaign, "Drop the I Word," and localized it. Want everyone to stop using words like "alien" or "illegal" and instead use "undocumented immigrants..group members are "trying to create a more respectful community." She says, "The word illegal dehumanizes people. No human is illegal, people are not illegal."

http://www.foxcharlotte.com/news/local/Students-Against-Anti-Immigrant-Slurs-Collect-Signatures-of-Support-121062554.html