Saapas
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Someone did explain it to me further. But I still… Well I’m not American. I just feel like, better would be to be consistent
I get making a separation between reference to skin colour or “race” and culture, but I just feel like it should be consistent. Out of curiosity I checked how Wikipedia handled it and it doesn’t seem like there’s one rule
Ethno-racial “color labels” may be given capitalized (Black and White) or lowercase (black and white); mixed use (Black, but white) is also acceptable if editors at a particular article find it appropriate.
A June–December 2020 proposal to capitalize “Black” (only) concluded against that idea, and also considered “Black and White”, and “black and white”, with no consensus to implement a rule requiring either or against mixed use where editors at a particular article believe it’s appropriate. The status quo practice had been that either style was permissible, and this proposal did not overturn that.
I wonder if it would be acceptable to do “White but black”, I feel like that would seem outright sketchy in a way the opposite doesn’t
I meant the scenario in OP
I would assume most of the time “black” is used in this context same as “white”, as in to refer to a skin colour, not to a culture.
And can’t people just refer in general to culture of white people collectively and unspecifically, that would also be written as capitalized “White” but would also be strange imo
Saapas@piefed.zipto
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2·2 days agoI can see it both ways.
I’m usint old hardware I have around anyway and electricity is part of my rent. But I also don’t use any paid subscription service or did before I had my server.
Maybe the calculator wasn’t made for me lol
They do give that reaction, yeah
So you’re back at the op pic
Do you have (thing I want)?
Well, no
oh… it’s on Netflix though…
Jeez. I’m sure it is something where their heart is in the right place but just comes off as sketchy to me
Writing races/skin colour with a capitalized letter seems strange when it doesn’t include a continent name
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I think the person is just confused because the first thing sounds like she could be angry about it but the second message sounds cheery
LPT: If you are not sure how to treat the situation because you are not sure if they’re mad or not, make them mad. Now you’ll know how to handle the situation. Consistency is the key to relationships!
And when someone texts you that “I’m not mad.” it also means they definitely aren’t mad lol
I’m often in a situation where it’s harder to type and I need immediate answers. Some people just sit on messages so phone call it is.
I don’t send the “free to talk?” messages though
I’ve made it out of curiosity. It tasted like buttered toast with pepper. Honestly pretty good


I think his privilege is more his immense wealth than his skin colour