Do you agree that while oppressed races should get their race capitalized, Whites should not since White supremacists want White capitalized?

[Anonymous]

So the sentence would read "The Black man went to the white man's house where he visited his Hispanic and Asian friends."

Yes, that makes sense to me.

No, that is dumb.

[Avicenna]

Oppressed races? Surely you don't mean the ones that benefited from racial preferences in government contracting for the past 60 years, lower admissions standards for Ivy Leagues schools and other circumstances?

[D_Bone_Steak]

Pointless... we made up the language you're writing in to begin with. White power!

[avery58]

Does anyone seriously care about or pay attention to this kind of thing? My God people are so sensitive nowadays

[TadCurious]

I just think people should be consistent about it.

Black people
Yellow people
Red people
White people

If you capitalize any of them you capitalize all of them and vice versa.

[Anonymous]

No. Capitalize them all or none—only having white be uncapitalized makes it sound like the default and all other races are different/abnormal, which obviously is also something white supremacists want.

[hahahmm]

I don't believe we should even worry about any race at all. Everything is about culture.

[Anonymous]

More race nonsense.

It's interesting that the people who claim to be against racism are the same ones who just can't seem to let it go when everyone else has.

[jshm2]

It's a largely meaningless point. Good grammar is good grammar, regardless of race.

[DrPepper12]

I've never capitalized black or white; Hispanic & Asian I do capitalize - they are real ethnicities & regions

[Dargil]

I smell a TROLL!

[Anonymous]

Of course not.

[Anonymous]

I believe being stupid should cause pain.

[Anonymous]

No, that is dumb.

[Anonymous]

Who comes up with this stuff?

[Asker]

The Associated Press