Karen Russell Quote
Grammar can erect a false wall. Look at how I keep falling into this trap, writing this piece. To refer to the thousands of diverse individuals with unique histories who are sleeping on the street tonight as the homeless certainly expedites a sentence. But it inadvertently reinforces an ugly and false idea, perhaps secretly consoling: that the homeless are a monolithic population, a different species of person from those of us lucky enough to have jobs and homes.
Karen Russell
Grammar can erect a false wall. Look at how I keep falling into this trap, writing this piece. To refer to the thousands of diverse individuals with unique histories who are sleeping on the street tonight as the homeless certainly expedites a sentence. But it inadvertently reinforces an ugly and false idea, perhaps secretly consoling: that the homeless are a monolithic population, a different species of person from those of us lucky enough to have jobs and homes.
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