When his editors objected to his use of the phrase “racial cleansing” to describe the expulsion of African-Americans from their communities, reporter Elliot Jaspin sardonically created a “euphemism generator,” allowing editors to pick words from different categories to develop a palatable replacement, such as “involuntary African-American relocation.”

Euphemism Generator

Directions: Just pick one word or phrase from each column!

Involuntary Non-White Removal
Ordered Racial Geographic Reassignment
Forced Darky Repositioning
Non-optional Selective Demographic Housing Readjustment
Coercive African American Locational Rearrangement
Compulsory Negro Situational Reallocation
Mandatory Minority Accelerated Migration

This article appears in March 16 • 2007.

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