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It's a very recent development in the language; one of the ripples that radiated out from the George Floyd protests. The NY Times hosted a piece that explains
by jerrycruncher 6y ago
It's a very recent development in the language; one of the ripples that radiated out from the George Floyd protests.
The NY Times hosted a piece that explains the reasoning behind it: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/05/insider/capitalized-black.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/05/insider/capitalized-black...
- gedy 6y ago> It's a very recent development in the language Minor quibble, but political opinion, not "language".
- eplanit 6y ago"development in language"? That's a very kind phrasing for a trend for activist-journalists to further proclaim their woke-ness in their writing.
- cmdshiftf4 6y ago>It's a very recent development in the language And we in the party all agree that it's very much doubleplusgood.