Alaska Rep. Young Apologizes for Calling Latinos ‘Wetbacks’
By Justin Sink, The Hill
Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) issued an apology Thursday after using the term “wetbacks” to describe Latino workers on his family farm.
“During a sit down interview with Ketchikan Public Radio this week, I used a term that was commonly used during my days growing up on a farm in Central California. I know that this term is not used in the same way nowadays and I meant no disrespect,” Young said in a statement to the Alaska Dispatch.
Young made the comment during an interview with KRDB-FM radio in Alaska about the current immigration reform legislation being debated in Congress.
Click on picture top read full story.
[Photo courtesy donyoung.house.gov]Related stories:
Republican Rep. Don Young refers to Latinos using racial slur, Washington Post
