Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2024 05:07:08 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: "Speak Out Loudly Against This Evil": Internet Erupts Over Biden Declaring Easter "Trans Day Of Visibility" Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv References: <20240402195752.00004e87@example.com> Content-Language: en-US From: trotsky In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 52 Path: ...!news.misty.com!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!panix!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news.newsdemon.com!not-for-mail Nntp-Posting-Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2024 10:07:09 +0000 X-Received-Bytes: 2856 Organization: NewsDemon - www.newsdemon.com X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsdemon.com Message-Id: <17c30bc626bdf855$124382$1768716$4ad50060@news.newsdemon.com> Bytes: 3259 On 4/3/24 1:12 PM, BTR1701 wrote: > On Apr 3, 2024 at 3:38:02 AM PDT, "FPP" wrote: > >> On 4/3/24 5:10 AM, The Horny Goat wrote: >>> On Tue, 2 Apr 2024 19:57:52 -0400, Rhino >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Probably. After Saint George of Fentanyl died, the "woke" publications >>>> immediately adopted capitalizing "black" as some kind of tribute or >>>> recognition of black people. Perhaps these same self-styled elites have >>>> now decreed that the same must be done for gays and trannies.... >>> >>> WHich is ridiculous. My rule is that if something would be >>> objectionable when applied to whites it's objectionable when applied >>> to blacks. In the case of capitalization it's either capitalize both >>> or neither. Doing one without doing the same to the other is racism. >>> >>> And I emphatically reject the notion by Kendi and his ilk that only >>> whites can be racist since racism is when you apply different criteria >>> to different groups. And yes I HAVE read Kendid. >>> >> >> The case for capitalizing Black has a rationale. >> >> If it refers to color (black hair) it's lowercase. >> If it refers to race (Black hair) it's uppercase. >> >> Kinda simple. > > Except they don't capitalize white when it refers to race. > > There goes your rationale. > > Kinda simple. Do you use "totally fucking stupid" as your pronoun now? “When speaking of a culture, ethnicity or group of people, the name should be capitalized. 'Black' with a capital 'B' refers to people of the African diaspora. Lowercase 'black' is simply a color.” For her, capitalizing the letter is about recognition for the Black community and empowerment in her own identity.Jun 28, 2022 Race on Campus: Should the 'B' in 'Black' Be Capitalized? The Chronicle of Higher Education https://www.chronicle.com › newsletter › race-on-campus What's the point of wanting to look like a hillbilly asshole all the time? Are the guys in your circle jerk cool with it?