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wretched refuse

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  • A collective term for people who are impoverished, oppressed, and considered outcasts or worthless by their native lands; most famously used in the poem on the Statue of Liberty.

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We are the wretched refuse, the homeless, and we will always lift the lamp beside the gold door.

From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2023

Things like: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2022

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  • the unfortunates
  • exiles
  • the huddled masses
  • the oppressed
  • the downtrodden

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  • the aristocracy
  • the chosen few
  • the powerful
  • the one percent
  • the upper crust

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