On Sat, 27 Sep 1997, Doug Henwood wrote: > For some reason, it's popular in PC copyediting circles to capitalize Black > but not white. I've never understood the reason for this. I asked editors > at two now-defunct publications, the Guardian and CrossRoads, why they did > this, and neither could explain it. Isn't this because (at least in the US) Black is a nationality while white is not? If the context makes this political designation appropriate there is good reason to capitalize. Bill Burgess
