I capitalize Blacks and Whites because I am not referring to a color but to a defined race. It’s not a proper noun per se (so I guess I am technically wrong), but it helps clarify what I mean.
I suppose and there is no problem if there was a consistency with how this was broadly applied.... but it seems to me that the roots of this capitalizing thing started as a fallout to the burn/loot/murder riots where plenty in the LSM were capitalizing the word ‘black’ but not ‘white’. Rather than go along with the LSM and what they have done, I would rather reject this completely as opposed to introducing some new concept into the mix. The world worked fine (at least in this regard) when neither word was capitalized.
With regards to your comment about referring to ‘Blacks and Whites as defined races, why bother? To what end? By way of context, the word ‘race’ I think is a totally new concept that has to do with ‘common characteristics of either a social or physical nature’ which are viewed as being somewhat unique for particular groups. Some basic research will show that the term ‘race’ didn’t even come into being until about the 16th century and it has been fungible ever since as far as what it refers to. From a biology perspective, it doesn’t have any real or defined meaning per se.... so why bother to even use it? To use it is to use something that is changeable and that means manipulable for what ultimately are political reasons.
it works as short hand but there is no white race
Asian indians are caucasian
as are arabs including jews they are semites a sect of the caucasian race
its all very confusing