NJG Staff Report
Media outlets following the Associated Press writing guide book will now capitalize the “b” when referring to people of color in a racial, ethnic or cultural context,
Whether to use the small “b” or capital “B” when referring to African Americans has been a debated topic for years. While the Black Press has largely capitalized the word as “Blacks”, most of the mainstream media have referred to African Americans in the lower case as “blacks”.
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