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2. If you think "anchor baby" applies to your situation, then it makes sense why you wouldn't see it as

Mon Aug 24, 2015, 10:23 PM

Aug 2015

an offensive term.

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I am not sure why the term anchor babies is so politically incorrect. [View all] pennylane100 Aug 2015 OP

one of them was born on US soil. pennylane100 Aug 2015 #3

The term is disparaging to the children and to you pinboy3niner Aug 2015 #6

Who are "they" and who cares. pennylane100 Aug 2015 #8

Some do care when they're unfairly maligned. nt pinboy3niner Aug 2015 #9

While I spent three years in Turkey, pennylane100 Aug 2015 #7

Lol, I reckon I'm an anchor baby too! cwydro Aug 2015 #5

They also had an American father, so not 'anchor babies' Maeve Aug 2015 #10