UC Berkeley Student Government Banishes Term ‘Illegal Immigrant’
Earlier this year, we reported that the UCLA student government exiled phrase “illegal immigrant”.
Now, another California school is following suit:
The UC Berkeley student government has banned the term “illegal immigrant” from its discourse, deeming the phrase racist, offensive, unfair and derogatory.
In an unanimous vote, student senators passed a resolution that stated the word “illegal” is “racially charged,” “dehumanizes” people, and contributes to “punitive and discriminatory actions aimed primarily at immigrants and communities of color.”
The “resolution in support of drop the I-word campaign” was approved 18 to 0 with one abstention on Oct. 30, according to a copy of the meeting’s minutes obtained by The College Fix.
Its approval marks at least the second time this semester that a public university’s student government has voted to eradicate the phrase. UCLA passed a nearly identical measure in late August.
There is an estimated 900 students in the country illegally who are currently enrolled in the 10-campus, University of California system, according to UC officials. These students live in “fear” because former Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano is now president of the UC system, according to the resolution, which aims to “create a safe campus environment for all students.”
“The ‘I’ word is legally inaccurate since being out of status is a civil rather than criminal infraction,” states the resolution, which notes some journalists have stopped using the term.
“No human being is illegal,” the resolution continues. “ ‘Foreign nationals,’ ‘undocumented immigrants,’ ‘immigrants without papers’ and ‘immigrants seeking status’ are examples of terms we can use that do not dehumanize people.”
The resolution also calls for administrators and faculty to attend an “UndocuAlly training workshop.”
…The lone abstention came from student Sen. Solomon Nwoche.
Nwoche said while he sympathized with the situation, he thinks the resolution does not accomplish anything substantial. He added he was disappointed in how a student who spoke against the resolution at an earlier meeting was treated by student senators, who laughed or had their backs turned when the lone protestor addressed the dais.
UC Berkeley Student Government Bans Term ‘Illegal Immigrant’ (The College Fix)
Comments
No problem: “Criminal Invaders” is available. Language is like that.
They may try to continue to control thought via Politically Correct speech, but language (and people) have a funny way of still expressing themselves.
Consider when Senator Exon tried to control speech about fornication. His name became the new “F-word”
“That is truly Exonned up.” “Exon you, Mother Exonner.”
But controlling speech just leads to hidden thoughts which do not encourage debate.
Sort of “the more you try to control speech, the more speech you lose control over.”
Another Liberal “feel good; does damage” approach, bless their silly little hearts and intellectually challenged minds.