Letter to the editor: Poor choice of headline word
Your Jan. 16 edition included the headline, “New pack of migrants heads north,” on a wire story. I would like to know who chose the term “pack” to refer to a group of people. Whatever your views on immigration, can’t we at least agree that we are talking about human beings, and refrain from using a term that usually refers to animals? When was the last time a group of people was called a “pack” in one of your headlines?
Such a poor choice only serves to dehumanize people, which is never a good thing. Words matter.
Chris Winter
New Wilmington
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