GOP Rep. Uses Offensive Racial Slur

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Channel: Secular Talk · 2013 · News & Politics

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Republican Rep. Don Young of Alaska on Thursday used a racial slur during an interview with a local radio station.
 
"My father had a ranch. We used to hire 50 or 60 wetbacks to pick tomatoes," Young said in the interview with KRBD. "You know, it takes two people to pick the same tomatoes now. It's all done by machine."

The congressman was discussing the need to reduce the need for imports by bringing industries back to the United States...

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/28/republican-congressman-refers-to-latino-workers-as-wetbacks/

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2013/03/29/1796041/the-wit-and-wisdom-of-congressman-don-young/?mobile=nc

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