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by dragonwriter 1950 days ago
> There’s a recent trend (I think) capitalizing the word Black when referring to skin color.

No, it's when referring to a racial identity group.

While the label for that group originates as a reference to the dark skin typical of the group, the capitalized term does not refer to, and does not have any necessary relation to, skin color.