Talk:Bayou Classic

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BetacommandBot (talk) 05:57, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Refugees vs. evacuees.
The use of the word "refugees" to describe people who left New Orleans for Houston following the storm is inappropriate. Article 1 of the Convention as amended by the 1967 Protocol provides the definition of a refugee:

"A person who owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country; or who, not having a nationality and being outside the country of his former habitual residence as a result of such events, is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to return to it.."

The key word here being, "country". New Orleans residents evacuated to Houston were still residing in the United States. Portraying New Orleans as some sort of third world country lends itself to racist stereotypes about the city, even if that is not the intention. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Carbondate (talk • contribs) 19:00, 1 July 2011 (UTC)