AP says it will capitalize Black but not white

The Associated Press ^ | July 20, 2020 | AP

[Trump20162020]

NEW YORK (AP) — After changing its usage rules last month to capitalize the word “Black” when used in the context of race and culture, The Associated Press on Monday said it would not do the same for “white.”

The AP said white people in general have much less shared history and culture, and don’t have the experience of being discriminated against because of skin color.

“We agree that white people’s skin color plays into systemic inequalities and injustices, and we want our journalism to robustly explore these problems,” John Daniszewski, the AP’s vice president for standards, said in a memo to staff Monday. “But capitalizing the term white, as is done by white supremacists, risks subtly conveying legitimacy to such beliefs.”

[Jewbacca]

What about us? Last I checked, I’m a White of the swarthy variety.

[Rastus]

ap handed it down, but it’s been adopted by all. Faux News does the Black/white thing in their online articles now. I am pretty sure all the urinalists are having fun finding excuses to use it.

[jmacusa]

Thanks. My grandfather told me of seeing signs during the 1920’s and during The Depression that said “Irish Need Not Apply’’.

[ThePatriotsFlag]

No, we only lose in a game that is rigged ... the media. If you decided to “play” in that game, then expect the odds to be 95% against your winning.

[Eagles6]

africans enslaved Europeans for a millenium, for 8 centuries before the European slave trade started.

Starting with the invasion of Spain in 711 AD (even earlier, actually) through the Barbary Wars africans enslaved, colonized, raped and pillaged Europeans and their lands, eventually enslaving Americans.

In the leftist world view this doesn't count because the victims were White.

[shelterguy]

“”” and don’t have the experience of being discriminated against because of skin color. “””””””””””””

Really??? Whitey doesn’t get discriminated against???

I did subcontracting on government construction projects for years. I was always at a disadvantage because I am white.
Due to the minority contract requirements on many jobs I didn’t even bother to bid many times.

On the new Vikings stadium I believe the required minority contractor requirement was something like 20%. If you were black and had a business you were golden.

[CodeToad]

That’s because some ‘blacks’ have such fragile egos that they are crybabies. So much for ‘Black Pride’.

[cgbg]

ap can go F^%$ Itself.

[pfflier]

like the Black plague or Blackmail or Blacklist?

[unread]

ap can kiss my White backside...

[Celerity]

ap talks about itself in the 3rd person.

Just putting that out there.

[deport]

Them 254 words that start with BLACK.....

[rfp1234]

Whites are disadvantaged by being more vulnerable to skin cancer. Also, they apparently can’t jump.
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[Fedora]

Daniszewski moved to the AP's Foreign Desk in 1987, and was posted to Warsaw in June 1987 to cover the Solidarity trade union and the fall of Communism in Poland.[2] He reported on Lech Walesa, the country's first free elections in 1989, and the end of Soviet domination across Eastern Europe. . .In 1993, Daniszewski became the AP's Southern Africa bureau chief based in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he led coverage of the end of apartheid and Nelson Mandela’s presidential campaign.[1] He also covered the aftermaths of the Rwandan Civil War and the Angolan Civil War. . .Daniszewski joined the Los Angeles Times in 1996 as the Middle East bureau chief based in Cairo and reporting from across the region.[1] In 2000, he became the newspaper’s Moscow bureau chief.[1][2] He covered the immediate aftermath of the September 11 attacks in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iraq, and he stayed on the ground in Baghdad to report on the impact of the "shock and awe" bombardment of the city and the U.S.’s 2003 invasion of Iraq.[1][2] He remained as the newspaper’s Baghdad bureau chief during the ensuing conflict and returned regularly after being named London bureau chief in 2004.[1] Daniszewski was a member of the Los Angeles Times team that won an Overseas Press Club award and was named a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in 2007 for its coverage of the Iraqi Civil War. . .Daniszewski rejoined the Associated Press in 2006, serving as Vice President of International News in New York.[6][7] He negotiated the opening of the AP’s Pyongyang bureau in 2012 and Myanmar bureau in 2013.[8][1] Under his leadership, the AP won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service and launched the AP’s Nerve Center.[2] In this capacity, he oversaw more than 500 editors and reporters in close to 100 foreign bureaus.[1] In 2013, he interviewed Russian President Vladimir Putin.[2] He also handled the deaths and injuries of multiple journalists, including the wounding of Kathy Gannon and the deaths of Anja Niedringhaus, Simone Camilli and Ali Shehda Abu Afash. . .: John Daniszewski

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[TBall]

I texted this to a friend and it really got her pissed off. I think this strikes a nerve.

[Let_It_Be_So]

Nothing is as black and White as it seems these days.

[FenwickBabbitt]

At least the left is being much more open in its racism against Whites. It’s becoming harder for people not to notice the left’s war against equal treatment and fairness for all people. This is something that will be very in-your-face even for those who don’t pay attention to politics.

[Let_It_Be_So]

future ap line:

in an altercation in Chicago last weekend, two peaceful protesters were shot with rubber bullets. One of the victims was white, the other was Black.

A peaceful bystander, described by police as somewhere between Black and white, narrowly escaped injury when a rubber bullet glanced off of his pickaxe he was using in an attempt to calm everyone down.
Two police officers, one white and one Black, were suspended with pay pending investigation.

[Arcadian Empire]

There are a lot of government projects that aren’t worth the paperwork for Whites because being White puts them at the back of the line.

[Arcadian Empire]

This is saying that Whites are unworthy of a constructive group identity despite the history / culture / accomplishments of Whites across the Northern Hemisphere.