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Grammar

Capitalization

Would you capitalize "the White people should treat the Black people..." or Black protestors?????? Is there a time when you should capitalize Black people or White people??
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If you say "black people" or "white people", you are using "black" or "white" as adjectives, so they are not capitalized. If you say "the Whites" or "the Blacks" you are using "Whites" or "Blacks" as nouns, so they can be capitalized. There were twenty black protestors.

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  • If you say "black people" or "white people", you are using "black" or "white" as adjectives, so they are not capitalized.
  • If you say "the Whites" or "the Blacks" you are using "Whites" or "Blacks" as nouns, so they can be capitalized.
  • There were twenty black protestors.
  • Twenty Blacks were protesting.
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If you say "black people" or "white people", you are using "black" or "white" as adjectives, so they are not capitalized.

If you say "the Whites" or "the Blacks" you are using "Whites" or "Blacks" as nouns, so they can be capitalized.

There were twenty black protestors.

Twenty Blacks were protesting.
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