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For black CEOs in Silicon Valley, humiliation is a part of doing business

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677 points saeedjabbar | 2 comments | 16 Jun 20 15:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.114s | source
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JumpCrisscross ◴[16 Jun 20 21:10 UTC] No.23544162[source]▶
Stylistic question. I noticed Black and White capitalized in this article. Is that an emerging convention?
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1. Pfhreak ◴[16 Jun 20 21:20 UTC] No.23544318[source]▶
Chicago Manual of Style says either is ok. It's pretty typical to capitalize, e.g. Hispanic, Arab, Asian, but Black and White have a slightly different use and capitalization history.

The AP, I believe, prefers lowercasing both. Some publications will capitalize just Black. Discussions of casing these words go back at least a decade, but I don't believe there's a strong consensus yet?

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2. jpxw ◴[16 Jun 20 21:42 UTC] No.23544591[source]▶
Asian, Arab and Hispanic all come from place names (Asia, Arabia, Hispania). This is why they are capitalised.