The Associated Press's separate and unequal language for blacks and whites
by Becket Adams, Commentary Writer | | July 21, 2020 12:34 PM
It is not even separate but equal. It is just unequal. The Associated Press announced this week that the “W” in “white” will remain in lowercase when used in reference to white people, whereas the “B” in black will stay capitalized when referring to black people.
“After a review and period of consultation, we found, at this time, less support for capitalizing white,” the international newswire explained in a statement. “White people generally do not share the same history and culture, or the experience of being discriminated against because of skin color. In addition, AP is a global news organization and there is considerable disagreement, ambiguity and confusion about whom the term includes in much of the world.”
The statement adds, “We agree that white people’s skin color plays into systemic inequalities and injustices, and we want our journalism to robustly explore those problems. But capitalizing the term white, as is done by white supremacists, risks subtly conveying legitimacy to such beliefs.”
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READ MORE: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/aps-separate-and-unequal-language-for-blacks-and-whites
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It is not even separate but equal. It is just unequal. The Associated Press announced this week that the “W” in “white” will remain in lowercase when used in reference to white people, whereas the “B” in black will stay capitalized when referring to black people.
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Perhaps this pandering to "woke" racialism keeps producing racist results because the racialist stuff is nothing more than a bizarre, backward form of racism.
Using separate languages for blacks and whites, for example, creates a system whereby blacks and whites are treated differently. Segregation for supposedly virtuous reasons is still segregation. The sooner the “woke” brigades realize this, the sooner we can get out of this backslide into supposedly righteous institutionalized racism. But they probably won't figure it out.
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