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AP says it will capitalize Black but not white: https://apnews.com/7e36c00c5af0436abc09e051261fff1f https://apnews.com/7e36c00c5af0436abc09e051261fff1f Washing
by casefields 6y ago
AP says it will capitalize Black but not white: https://apnews.com/7e36c00c5af0436abc09e051261fff1f https://apnews.com/7e36c00c5af0436abc09e051261fff1f
Washington Post to capitalize Black, white in stories: https://thehill.com/homenews/media/509562-washington-post-to-capitalize-black-white-in-stories https://thehill.com/homenews/media/509562-washington-post-to...
There's more from the other major outlets but that should explain it.
- claudiawerner 6y agoI say this as someone who leans heavily far left... the reasoning here makes no sense at all (speaking of the AP article).
- jjeaff 6y agoThe linguist and scholar John McWhorter, who I think tends to lean right on these types of issues, says that he capitalizes Black and for the same reasons, would capitalize white, but the capitalization of white by white supremecists has sort of ruined it for everyone.