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Why Does Media Capitalize Black But Not White?

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BillT
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Why Does Media Capitalize Black But Not White?

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On Yahoo, I've noticed that they'll continually capitalize black but not white. Talk about cowardice and pandering. That's just disgusting!!
ProducerXM
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Re: Why Does Media Capitalize Black But Not White?

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If you follow the Associated Press rules, yes. They made that decision after the death of George Floyd and the subsequent riots.
ChrisWL1980
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Re: Why Does Media Capitalize Black But Not White?

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Dude, save it for Stormfront. This isn't the place.
ProducerXM
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Re: Why Does Media Capitalize Black But Not White?

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Bobbert
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Re: Why Does Media Capitalize Black But Not White?

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ProducerXM wrote: Tue Apr 20, 2021 10:06 pm Here is the full reasoning.

https://apnews.com/article/71386b46dbff ... a763e8f45a
The great irony is that the decision was made because the word "evolved from a description of a person’s skin color to signify a race and culture, and deserves the uppercase treatment much the way other ethnic terms do," but doesn't that same logic apply to the word white, since it is often used in phrases such as white privilege, white guilt, and white supremacy?
BillT
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Re: Why Does Media Capitalize Black But Not White?

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So White people don't have a shared history or experience? It's just an excuse for the cowardice these executives have, and a way to prevent bricks being thrown thru their windows at their headquarters in New York or wherever they are located.
Gertner
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Re: Why Does Media Capitalize Black But Not White?

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Lmao what "shared history or experience" do white people have.

Just stop and go burn your cross.
BillT
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Re: Why Does Media Capitalize Black But Not White?

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All blacks have the exact same history, right? Their a monolith.
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Re: Why Does Media Capitalize Black But Not White?

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What the fuck is this shit? Is this thread for real???
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Gertner
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Re: Why Does Media Capitalize Black But Not White?

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Unfortunately
Gertner
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Re: Why Does Media Capitalize Black But Not White?

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BillT wrote: Wed Apr 21, 2021 3:15 pm All blacks have the exact same history, right? Their a monolith.
They have a hell of alot more shared experiences than us white folks.
lush.rimbaugh
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Re: Why Does Media Capitalize Black But Not White?

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Mega Hertz wrote: Wed Apr 21, 2021 6:21 pm What the fuck is this shit? Is this thread for real???
Agreed. Why is this even a thing?
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Re: Why Does Media Capitalize Black But Not White?

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It's called divide and conquer, using a form of brainwashing through repetition.
The government needs to keep reminding us that we need to be fighting with each other over race, so we don't join together and take them out
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Gertner
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Re: Why Does Media Capitalize Black But Not White?

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Lol so someone called into 97.1 tonight saying that there's no proof India exists and that it's just a prop of the Liberal Media.

Out fucking standing.
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