Comment on Do black people actually want to be called Black with capital B?

• mech@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  US race relations are really, really weird.

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  • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I mean, I’m not complaining about the lack of a White History or Straight Pride Month

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• yellerbadger@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Funny you say that, because the generally accepted style is Black and white. Here’s Microsoft’s style guide for another example.

  TIL

  Generally speaking, capital “W” White tends to have supremacist overtones in print.

  You got what I was getting at. It’s a sign I’ve noticed. Some commenters will make it a point to type White and black or will use constructs like “a black” or “the blacks.”

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  • Ashtear@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeahhh, anytime it goes adjective to noun I’m like 😬

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• Vandals_handle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Lots of generally accepted bigotry throughout society, even in the constitution

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