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Kwame Anthony Appiah
Time to Capitalize Black and White
Black and white are both historically created racial identities – and whatever rule applies to one should apply to the other.
The Atlantic, 2020
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Grammar rules have moved onto center stage due to centuries-old debates over race, discrimination and equality. Should publications and writers capitalize the terms “Black” and “White” or, perhaps, “Brown” during discussions about race? Almost everyone has a voice and stake in that debate, including readers, writers and editors. In this carefully nuanced and curated discussion, Kwame Anthony Appiah, writing in The Atlantic, outlines the controversy over the uppercase and lowercase letters used to describe race in the United States and abroad. Join the debate to learn a few rules you never heard about in grammar school.
