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Dictionary now calls 'anchor baby' an offensive term


Editor's note: This story contains language that some readers may consider offensive.

The first new edition of the American Heritage Dictionary in 10 years contained 10,000 new entries – and one of them in particular caused a flurry of protest among immigrant and Latino advocates.

The fifth edition of the dictionary defined the term “anchor baby" as “A child born to a noncitizen mother in a country that grants automatic citizenship to children born on its soil, especially such a child born to parents seeking to secure eventual citizenship for themselves and often other members of their family.”

The original definition did not include any indication that many people the term is offensive, as it does for words such as “nigger” and “spic.”

Immigration Impact, a group that that advocates for the rights of immigrants, first covered the word’s inclusion on its blog on December 2 and pressed for a change that would reflect the “poisonous and derogatory nature of the term.”

After reading the post, the executive editor of the dictionary, Steve Kleinedler, agreed that the definition needed to change.

The current wording was added to the online dictionary on Monday. It flags the word as “offensive” and defines “anchor baby” as being “used as a disparaging term for a child born to a noncitizen mother in a country that grants automatic citizenship to children born on its soil, especially when the child’s birthplace is thought to have been chosen in order to improve the mother’s or other relatives’ chances of securing eventual citizenship.”

article:
http://inamerica.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/ ... hpt=hp_bn2

[re3too]

Holy crap!

[E_]

BS!

[Nervous Wreck]

Better yet...

This law needs to be changed!! If a baby is born from a "illegal" immigrant, the baby is "also" an illegal immigrant...not an "anchor baby".
I always thought that law was a bunch of "crap"!!

Because a baby born from a 'illegal' becomes an "anchor", the WHOLE d@amn family can come aboard. "BU!!$HIT"

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AND CHECK THIS OUT!!

snip from ref article:

"The future of the United States is a place where you cannot speak your mind freely or engage in any terms or comments deemed inappropriate by the thought police," Gheen said. "What's really offensive is how these pro-illegal immigrant groups are telling people how they can talk." Get the "F" out of OUR country!!


article:
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/12 ... z1g4SrqsEN

[re3too]

AND CHECK THIS OUT!!

snip from ref article:

"The future of the United States is a place where you cannot speak your mind freely or engage in any terms or comments deemed inappropriate by the thought police," Gheen said.

And it starts on a small scale and grows into an ugly monster! One or two seemingly little freedoms given up become larger and larger issues. Wake up, America!

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...and all the people said.




Amen

[$parechange]

I thought this thread was about Obama!

[Nervous Wreck]

I thought this thread was about Obama!

My, aren't we witty this morning!

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lol

[re3too]

I thought this thread was about Obama!

[katie]

I thought this thread was about Obama!

Ditto re3too!