Per APStylebook, do not use dehumanizing “the” labels such as the poor, the mentally ill, the French, the disabled, the college-educated. The aforementioned groups are henceforth to be known as "people with mental illnesses".
Examples:
Like countless other people with mental illnesses, I graduated from the University of Florida.
Do you like ketchup on your people with mental illnesses fries?
This was a people with mental illnesses-ly worded tweet.
https://twitter.com/APStylebook/status/ ... 1750689792
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