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Sunday, July 26, 2020

AP says it will keep 'White' Lowercase , but will Capitalize 'Black'

'White people generally do not share the same history and culture, or the experience of being discriminated against because of skin color'

The Associated Press on Monday announced that it will continue to keep the term "white" lowercase "in racial, ethnic and cultural senses."

The move follows the outlet's decision last month to capitalize "Black."


John Daniszewski, the AP's vice president for Standards, noted in a blog post that the news outlet "consulted with a wide group of people internally and externally around the globe and considered a variety of commentary in making these decisions."

"There was clear desire and reason to capitalize Black," Daniszewski continued. "Most notably, people who are Black have strong historical and cultural commonalities, even if they are from different parts of the world, and even if they now live in different parts of the world. That includes the shared experience of discrimination due solely to the color of one's skin."

He added, however, that at the moment there's "less support for capitalizing white."

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39 comments:

Anonymous said...

That is fine with this Caucasian boy. I’ve been White for 76 years and don’t want to be thin skinned black.

Anonymous said...

Isn't that just special. This is an f-ing circus. No change, no help, no improvement. Just gestures. What a joke. The murder rate is through the roof. Unemployment is sky high. The family unit is in shambles. The city streets are strewn with garbage. But it's all good, we are capitalizing words. Some people took a knee. Whatever.

Anonymous said...

Everyone should capitalize the W in White. Screw the AP!

Anonymous said...

Simply insulting

No other words

Anonymous said...

A divisive practice....

Kinda like allowing NAACP, BET, BIG, UNCF, and CBC while disallowing a white counterpart!

Anonymous said...

Aww
That is so nice
I hope it makes the Black folks feel better about themselves. They have a hard life as it is, and I know I wouldn’t want to be born black

Anonymous said...

White Capitalization Matters.

Anonymous said...

White everything matters!!!

Anonymous said...

How much bullshit is this? What the hell is going on in this country that everything is racist? Bring back the good ole days like in the 50's, my era!!!! Even now they want to change the name of Adams Apple, what the hell is this all about saying it is racist?

Anonymous said...

So out of control.

Anonymous said...

Tax money well spent

Anonymous said...

You sobs have lost your damn minds.

Anonymous said...

All should be the same regardless. This is just another spineless polarizing ration of crap.

TheRealRay said...

This country has become F`ed up because of this group of people...

Anonymous said...

What a crock of Bullship. So lemme get this straight.

In a sentence:

- about a black cat, it would then be a Black cat?
- about a black tire blown out, it would then be a Black tire blown out?
- about black ink in a newspaper, it would then be Black ink in a newspaper?

black pepper would be referred to as Black pepper?

What country are we living in?

Anonymous said...

Racism at it's finest. If it's not directed one way, then it's directed at another. I'm offended WHITE won't be capitalized. After all, no race should be superior

Anonymous said...

How about WHITE instead?

Anonymous said...

The Democrat plantation capitalizes blacks all the time, LOL!

Anonymous said...

Do you have a capital P in pollock?

Anonymous said...

black black black

Anonymous said...

They should print the paper in blue because black ink is cultural appropriation.

Anonymous said...

Let's go back to Negroes. No miss understanding there.

Anonymous said...

if I have to capitalize BLACK my word will start with a different letter

Anonymous said...

WTF

Anonymous said...

Who’s life is better because of it

Anonymous said...

222 - P!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

Kiss my WHITE a$$!!!!

HONKY said...

WHITE and PROUD !!!!

Anonymous said...

I'm gonna start capitalizing the word no matter the context. My house is White, my car is White, table salt is White, my kids are White, Wonder bread is White...

Anonymous said...

As long as I am White, I don’t care what they do or say.

Anonymous said...

Northwest Woodsman: Just use the correct terms for race as negro and caucasion ! Problem solved!

Anonymous said...

Negro is Spanish for black.
Negra is the feminine form. Hello people where do you think we got those other terms from! They have been in use longer than the word Caucasian which dates back to an 18th century German anthropologist.

Anonymous said...

'White people generally do not share the same history and culture, or the experience of being discriminated against because of skin color'

No.. but, they were chastised, criticized and chased out of their homes and countries due their religious beliefs and serfdom prevalent in all of the European countries.

Never went to public school said...

Oh for Pete's sake.....

the majority of brats today cannot read anything

so changing this is dumb

Anonymous said...

If this bothers you, you need to get a life. Who cares what words get capitalized and which ones don't. Did everyone suddenly become English majors?

Anonymous said...

Millennials don't know anything about case in English. The only writing they know is printing. And when they print, it is all caps. No difference in letters. It makes it easy for them so they don't have to know proper English and grammar. They say all that stuff is just a waste of time (and apparently brain cells). Black and White will always be in caps for them. They are not going to lowercase the "W" just to be politically correct.

Anonymous said...

Wow, way to be a prime example of equality.

Anonymous said...

WHITE.

Anonymous said...

Keep democrats Lower Case !!! They are Lowwwww !!!!