Capitalize the “B” in Black but not the “w” in white
Again, this might feel unfair. Black people get to capitalize their race, so why don’t we? Isn’t it just fair that we get to as well? Let me ask you this: Do you still claim not to see race? Do you still insist on being treated as an individual only and not part of a larger collective? Does the term “white community” even exist because white is the default in this country and therefore, not truly acknowledged? All of these are reasons why we don’t get to capitalize the “w” in white.
white people have forced Black people to be a collective, a community with a distinct culture, because after slavery ended, they were not allowed to live in white neighborhoods. Because of this, Black culture is strong across the country, and the people from it deserve to have the term capitalized. white people don’t want to be a collective, and we won’t acknowledge our whiteness or the white supremacy that binds us, so there is no reason to capitalize the word. Maybe if we did the work, we could earn that privilege one day.
Media sites that capitalize both words are pandering to us and media and people who capitalize “white” but not “Black” are definitely actively racist. Keep an eye out on social media posts for it. Once you see it, you can’t unsee it.
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