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# Wrong choice of words
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/wrong-choice-of-words-editor/
- Published: 2006-05-16T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T17:52:09.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Katherine K. McTaggart Santa Monica*

I doubt that the Santa Monica Daily Press would publish letters that used the so-called “N-word” or any number of other derogatory words used to denigrate various ethnic and other groups of people in our society. I don’t have to spell them out here. You and your readers certainly know what they are.

I wonder, then, why you so readily publish so many letters which describe people unfortunate enough to be living on our streets as “bums.” I ask you to think about the frequent occurance of this word in your paper, and perhaps, reconsider printing letters or columns which use that word.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 16, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/051606.pdf?ref=smdp.com)