It was handed down to us from on high(The AP, I think) a few years ago that Black had unique cultural and social aspects in America that necessitated the capita

It was handed down to us from on high(The AP, I think) a few years ago that Black had unique cultural and social aspects in America that necessitated the capitalization, whereas white or brown did not. Of course, the reasoning was just thrown out almost immediately and all previously black people are now Black, regardless of those social or cultural reasons. For example, the AP will label any black person in America as Black, even if they have no shared cultural or social experience in America with people who are descended from slaves(ie a black Nigerian arriving in NYC yesterday is now Black)