Jul 25, 2022Hopefully this doesn’t get derailed but I’m lookin it up and it’s sayin a whole bunch of reasons. I was a journalism major in college and i can’t recall the AP Style book sayin anything on it
- Jul 25, 2022
you're supposed to capitalize both in APA
Jul 25, 2022·1 reply
Jul 25, 2022Coz we're kings
Jul 25, 2022·1 replyprobably by the way races are categorized in the US or something idk
i think generally white is understood to be a group of different nationalities changing over time (ie irish weren’t considered white at one point) where the former is considered to be a singular group, even though that’s not true because there’s plenty of nationalities within that group as well
Jul 25, 2022·1 replyF*** them cacs that's why.
- OPJul 25, 2022·1 replyhot pancakes
probably by the way races are categorized in the US or something idk
i think generally white is understood to be a group of different nationalities changing over time (ie irish weren’t considered white at one point) where the former is considered to be a singular group, even though that’s not true because there’s plenty of nationalities within that group as well
Someone online said that becuz the slaves were stripped away of their identity and what not, they’re different from African Americans so black people who aren’t from Africa are a unique ethnic group so u capitalize black like u would asian/African American and such
Jul 25, 2022Idk but probably because black in America can refer to anyone with dark skin but often is in the context of blacks descended from slaves in Africa, who also have common identity amongst themselves
Jul 25, 2022doesnt happen in other countries all races get the lower case treatment as it should be
- Jul 25, 2022·5 replies
Because of slavery
According to the Chicago Manual of Style, "names of ethnic and national groups are capitalized". this is also supported by The Diversity Style Guide (2019).
It's also an acknowledgement that due to slavery, colonization, and trafficking, many Black people no longer have a nation or ethnic group to turn to (e.g. Nigerian, Somali, etc). therefore, we should show their only identifier the same respect we'd show Asian, Indigenous, or European people by using proper capitalization.
plants 🌻Jul 25, 2022rise zeroBecause of slavery
According to the Chicago Manual of Style, "names of ethnic and national groups are capitalized". this is also supported by The Diversity Style Guide (2019).
It's also an acknowledgement that due to slavery, colonization, and trafficking, many Black people no longer have a nation or ethnic group to turn to (e.g. Nigerian, Somali, etc). therefore, we should show their only identifier the same respect we'd show Asian, Indigenous, or European people by using proper capitalization.
- Jul 25, 2022·edited·2 repliesrise zero
Because of slavery
According to the Chicago Manual of Style, "names of ethnic and national groups are capitalized". this is also supported by The Diversity Style Guide (2019).
It's also an acknowledgement that due to slavery, colonization, and trafficking, many Black people no longer have a nation or ethnic group to turn to (e.g. Nigerian, Somali, etc). therefore, we should show their only identifier the same respect we'd show Asian, Indigenous, or European people by using proper capitalization.
yeah that makes sense then
but to play the devils advocate wouldnt the identifier be ‘African-American’ as ‘black’ doesnt really indicate a specific history or nationality
Jul 25, 2022white people dont exist
- Jul 25, 2022BG
yeah that makes sense then
but to play the devils advocate wouldnt the identifier be ‘African-American’ as ‘black’ doesnt really indicate a specific history or nationality
Well I may be wrong but that’s why on any official documents when you fill out your ethnicity it usually says African-American/Black instead of one or the other.
Jul 25, 2022rise zeroBecause of slavery
According to the Chicago Manual of Style, "names of ethnic and national groups are capitalized". this is also supported by The Diversity Style Guide (2019).
It's also an acknowledgement that due to slavery, colonization, and trafficking, many Black people no longer have a nation or ethnic group to turn to (e.g. Nigerian, Somali, etc). therefore, we should show their only identifier the same respect we'd show Asian, Indigenous, or European people by using proper capitalization.
Precisely
The formation of an oppressed class within the US stripped from their cultural lineage created a Black American ethnicity
“White culture” in america doesn’t exist in the way black culture does
Jul 25, 2022Because Black is a distinct ethnic group. White is not.
Jul 25, 2022·1 replyBGyeah that makes sense then
but to play the devils advocate wouldnt the identifier be ‘African-American’ as ‘black’ doesnt really indicate a specific history or nationality
did you even read what you quoted? the explanation is right there
Jul 25, 2022rise zeroBecause of slavery
According to the Chicago Manual of Style, "names of ethnic and national groups are capitalized". this is also supported by The Diversity Style Guide (2019).
It's also an acknowledgement that due to slavery, colonization, and trafficking, many Black people no longer have a nation or ethnic group to turn to (e.g. Nigerian, Somali, etc). therefore, we should show their only identifier the same respect we'd show Asian, Indigenous, or European people by using proper capitalization.
the more you know
6isco 🦈Jul 25, 2022I capitalize both
- Jul 25, 2022Smacked Voodoo
F*** them cacs that's why.
Jul 25, 2022Didn’t know that was a thinfg
Kenig 💭Jul 25, 2022SaturdayCapitalized White
Jul 25, 2022·1 replyBecause America is weird
- Jul 25, 2022
I don’t capitalize either one
- Jul 25, 2022Warren Peace
did you even read what you quoted? the explanation is right there
did you?