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Subject: Re: "Speak Out Loudly Against This Evil": Internet Erupts Over Biden
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Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2024 19:50:50 -0400
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On 4/4/24 3:05 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> In article
> <17c30bc626bdf855$124382$1768716$4ad50060@news.newsdemon.com>,
>   trotsky <gmsingh@email.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 4/3/24 1:12 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
>>> On Apr 3, 2024 at 3:38:02 AM PDT, "FPP" <fredp1571@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 4/3/24 5:10 AM, The Horny Goat wrote:
>>>>>    On Tue, 2 Apr 2024 19:57:52 -0400, Rhino
>>>>>    <no_offline_contact@example.com> 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.
>>
>> "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
> 
> Except they don't capitalize white when it refers to race.
> 

Who is this "they" you keep talking about?

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