AP: We Will Capitalize "Black" but Not "White"

Full Jim Crow now.

After changing its usage rules last month to capitalize the word "Black" when used in the context of race and culture, The Associated Press on Monday said it would not do the same for "white."

The AP said white people in general have much less shared history and culture, and don't have the experience of being discriminated against because of skin color.

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Columbia Journalism Review, the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, NBC News and Chicago Tribune are among the organizations that have recently said they would capitalize Black but have not done so for white.

"White doesn't represent a shared culture and history in the way Black does," The New York Times said on July 5 in explaining its decision.

CNN, Fox News and The San Diego Union-Tribune said they will give white the uppercase, noting it was consistent with Black, Asian, Latino and other ethnic groups..

The article notes that the National Association of Black Journalists actually recommends capitalizing both black and white (I'm sticking to capitalizing neither), but the #Wokest of the #WokeWhiteCorporations have decided to ignore black people's voices, as usual.

White Saviors are too busy saving black victims to bother listening to them.

posted by Ace at 01:01 PM

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