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kpete

(72,006 posts)
Wed Nov 11, 2015, 09:41 AM Nov 2015

"Wetback" is a racial slur.

Wetback is a derogatory term used in the United States to refer to foreign citizens living in the ... Generally used as an ethnic slur, the term was originally coined and applied only to Mexicans who ... Interactive Dictionary of Racial Language.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Wetback
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetback_(slur)
http://articles.latimes.com/2013/apr/01/local/la-me-latino-labels-20130402




11/10/2015 9:52 PM EST
Donald Trump Still A Big Fan Of ‘Operation Wetback'

Donald Trump said again Tuesday that mass deportation is possible -- just look at President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s 1954 mass deportation program "Operation Wetback."

The program, named after an offensive racial slur, deported an estimated 1.3 million people. That's less than a tenth of how many undocumented immigrants are in the country today, many of them with longstanding ties to the U.S.

"Move them way south, they never came back," Trump said. "Dwight Eisenhower. You don't get nicer, you don't get friendlier, they moved a million and a half people out. We have no choice. We have no choice."

But Operation Wetback had many problems, some of which would also be true of Trump's plan to deport or drive out every undocumented immigrant. It led to the deportation of U.S. citizens, just like Trump's proposal would, since it called for children of undocumented immigrants to be forced out of the U.S. with their parents.

Two of Trump's opponents, Ohio Gov. John Kasich and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, said mass deportation was unrealistic.

-- Elise Foley

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-operation-wetback_560ad09ae4b0768126ff58d7
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"Wetback" is a racial slur. (Original Post) kpete Nov 2015 OP
Duh. Iggo Nov 2015 #1
Racists like to use racial slurs so..... Person 2713 Nov 2015 #2
No Shit Sherlock FreakinDJ Nov 2015 #3
Racist is as Racist does n/t n2doc Nov 2015 #4
Most definitely. mmonk Nov 2015 #5
Post removed Post removed Nov 2015 #6
The term was a racist slur at the time. yardwork Nov 2015 #7
don't get me started..... kpete Nov 2015 #8

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