The media races to capitalize ‘B’ for Black, keep ‘w’ for whites lowercase

Washington Examiner:

America’s press is rushing to show its support and sensitivity for the movement led by Black Lives Matter by capitalizing “Black” while keeping “white” lowercase.

USA Today and its network of 260 media outlets announced the plan in the last week. It is also a style policy in other newsrooms, including NBC News, the Los Angeles Times, and Chicago Sun-Times, and some expect the Associated Press to follow soon.

The Los Angeles Times, USA Today and NBC News last week decided to capitalize Black, and the National Association of Black Journalists urged other news organizations to do the same.
AP leaders continue to discuss. For now, we lowercase black and white.https://t.co/XsgiOJQudQ

— APStylebook (@APStylebook) June 16, 2020

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