Society of Professional Journalists Questioning ‘Illegal Immigrant’ As An ‘Offensive’ Term

Eric Scheiner
CNSNews.com
December 31, 2010

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The Diversity Committee of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) is undertaking an educational campaign against the term “illegal immigrant,” seeking to inform reporters that the term “illegal immigrant” is “offensive” to Latinos.

In the latest issue of SPJ’s magazine ‘Quill’, SPJ’s Diversity Committee member Leo Laurence writes about the campaign, referencing the National Association of Hispanic Journalists’ recommendation to use “undocumented immigrant” or “undocumented worker” and to “[a]void using ‘illegal(s)’ as a noun.”

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This article was posted: Friday, December 31, 2010 at 12:39 pm

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