Angel Reese vs Jill Biden, does it get any better than when liberals eat their own?

Here's why I refuse to capitalize "black." Race is a social construct that has been destructive to society. So our answer to that is to further establish "Black" as categoory of people even as we rail against "whiteness"? It doesn't make any sense. Unless your purpose is to divide The People.

Angel Reese vs Jill Biden, does it get any better than when liberals eat their own?

I view it more as a cultural divide wherein the most privileged (paid athletes) wage war on the medical community (represented by doctor Jill).

Sort of a revenge to the revenge of the nerds.

As usual you don't get it. Capitalizing Black in some circles has the same meaning as capitalizing Irish or German or any other ethnicity. It's an expression of pride, nothing more, nothing less. People that come up with the same tired attempts at distinction and claims that it's anything more than an expression of pride tend to speak volumes about themselves to Black people whether they know it or not.

It's one of the many things I hated about UIUC.

Irish and German are nationalities, thus the capitalization. Skin colors are not. That said, if capitalizing "Black" or "White" is somehow empowering to some, knock yourself out, but it is incorrect.

White people are winning this issue.

That royally roils you, doesn't it?

Also, please note that if "White" were elsewhere in the sentence, I would capitalize it, too. I mean, I capitalized "White" because it was the first word of the sentence, but if it were like, oh, say, the eighth word, I'd still capitalize that sh*t.

What's up with you this weekend? Nothing much here besides Easter celebrations and so forth.

I won't capitalize balck though

Here's why I refuse to capitalize "black." Race is a social construct that has been destructive to society. So our answer to that is to further establish "Black" as categoory of people even as we rail against "whiteness"? It doesn't make any sense. Unless your purpose is to divide The People.

But black and white are inextricably linked. There was no such thing as white prior to slavery.

And exactly how is the reference to ethic/nationality NOT as or much more divisive. Besides, in this hypocritical country it's a distinction without a difference when it's all boiled down. Additionally, Black people aren't the ones in this country aren't the ones who placed an overarching emphasis on skin color, but capitalize Black and it's hilarious who bitches about it. So knock yourself out and keep bitching.

But black and white are inextricably linked. There was no such thing as white prior to slavery.

Who besides you is bitching? You can capitalize whatever you want.

No, the divisions would have been based on religion...

But black and white are inextricably linked. There was no such thing as white prior to slavery.

Are you saying in the 1600s-1800s the European settlers were divided amongst ethno-religious lines? No dispute there. But the roots of "whites" are still traced back to slavery period. Those ethno-religious blocs disappeared over time as successive generations created different identities. Religious lines are still present somewhat but the ethnic ones are negligible now. But even as that happened a new identity of whiteness emerged, and it only emerged because of the presence of slaves/slave descendants.

Are you implying there were other slavery regimes? Okay, yes, slavery was common in many places though the particularities differed. That said, slavery on this continent created what we now know as the black and white races.

Tim Thomas is not white.

Tim Thomas was the Bruins goalie who didn't go to the White House in 2011 because of sovereign-citizen bullshit and I think eventually quit the NHL to fuck off to a compound in Idaho or something.