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Musk Challenges AP's Race Capitalization Rules on X

Published SEP 11 2025

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The capitalization debate reveals the complexity of language and identity in modern America. Both approaches carry unintended consequences — capitalizing white risks legitimizing supremacist language, while lowercasing it may reinforce whiteness as an unmarked default. The issue demonstrates how even grammar rules become battlegrounds for deeper cultural conflicts about race, power and representation in society. No perfect solution exists when language intersects with centuries of racial history.

Medium The Times of India