I'll admit when it comes to capitalizing color of race 50 percent of the time I do it just due to idgaf when typing, it's tricky because I always capitalize race based on origin, I only pay attention if I'm deliberately making a point not capitalizing it knowing it'll rustle jimmies.
You're mixing up nationalities with race. Other than being at the start of a sentence there's no reason to capitalise "black", unlike 'Nigerian'. Similarly there's no reason to capitalise 'white' however 'American', 'Brit', 'Scot', 'Spaniard' and the like can be.
Besides, "black" isn't even a homogenous block, even before ignoring literal blood feuds between neighbours that go back decades despite the genetic similarities being far closer than others on the same continent. Those neighbours will be closer than ever yet still hate each other far more than what social media idiots push.
I'm a Costco guy of course I cap on nationalities. I'm taking about ethnic descriptors like Asian, Hispanic, Jews, Gypsies, etc. I suppose I should be clearer.
Since we're good friends you can go into my profile and go to page 2 and EDIT: page 4 and 5 of my comment section and ctrl-f "black" and see no caps. I'm telling you this not as purity test thing, I just want to show that I really just put hand on keyboard and start clacking.
I wanted to be brief so I'll end with this: If I know not capitalizing will trigger I would be more conscious about not doing it. Another goodie is writing President Trump in a thread or conversation when everyone else uses Trump. When asked I correct everyone that once a President always a President. HoF moment was not two post later I just said Biden without honorifics, oh I wish I could've bottled that feeling from the replies.
You already started the sentence, this shouldn't be capitalised.
I'll admit when it comes to capitalizing color of race 50 percent of the time I do it just due to idgaf when typing, it's tricky because I always capitalize race based on origin, I only pay attention if I'm deliberately making a point not capitalizing it knowing it'll rustle jimmies.
You're mixing up nationalities with race. Other than being at the start of a sentence there's no reason to capitalise "black", unlike 'Nigerian'. Similarly there's no reason to capitalise 'white' however 'American', 'Brit', 'Scot', 'Spaniard' and the like can be.
Besides, "black" isn't even a homogenous block, even before ignoring literal blood feuds between neighbours that go back decades despite the genetic similarities being far closer than others on the same continent. Those neighbours will be closer than ever yet still hate each other far more than what social media idiots push.
I'm a Costco guy of course I cap on nationalities. I'm taking about ethnic descriptors like Asian, Hispanic, Jews, Gypsies, etc. I suppose I should be clearer.
Since we're good friends you can go into my profile and go to page 2 and EDIT: page 4 and 5 of my comment section and ctrl-f "black" and see no caps. I'm telling you this not as purity test thing, I just want to show that I really just put hand on keyboard and start clacking.
I wanted to be brief so I'll end with this: If I know not capitalizing will trigger I would be more conscious about not doing it. Another goodie is writing President Trump in a thread or conversation when everyone else uses Trump. When asked I correct everyone that once a President always a President. HoF moment was not two post later I just said Biden without honorifics, oh I wish I could've bottled that feeling from the replies.
Unfortunately for a lot of us, our grammar habits have become a racial battlefield.
So now both sides are looking for the microaggression slipup so they can virtue signal on you for upvotes.