(WXYZ) — This week, the Detroit Metro Times changed their style guide to capitalize the word "Black" when referring to African-Americans.
The Times wrote that the change came "after discussions with local writers who preferred to capitalize the word, as well as from reading the works of national writers who advocate for it."
Lori L. Tharps of Temple University and other Black media professionals have made the case that "when speaking of a culture, ethnicity or group of people, the name should be capitalized. Black with a capital B refers to people of the African diaspora. Lowercase black is simply a color."
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