Commentary
The other day, I was walking out of Penn Station in New York City and had to step over some homeless bums just to get to my taxi.
Pardon me. I’m so very sorry. I simply cannot believe that I wrote that. It’s so offensive.
Having now consulted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, I know now never to say such things. What I insensitively described as “homeless bums” should be corrected now and always. I’m hereby instructed to say instead: I stepped over many “persons who are experiencing unstable housing/housing insecurity and other persons who are not securely housed.”…