[vidarh]

My black African ex once chewed out an American who not only called her African American but "corrected her" after she referred to herself as black, in a very clear British received pronunciation accent that has no hint of American to it, by insisting it was "African American".

And not while in the US either - but in the UK.

[dig1]

This reminds me of a YouTube video from a black female from the US, where she argued that Montenegro sounds too racist. Yet, that name existed way before the US was conceived.

[jack_riminton]

Wow. I've been corrected on my English (as an Englishman, living in England, speaking English) by an American before. But to be corrected of your race is something else

[vidarh]

Did they complain you didn't speak with the correct English accent too?

I always find it hilarious when Americans talk about English accents and seem to think there are one - or maybe two if they've seen any period movies or Mary Poppins -, given there are several clearly distinct English accents in use in my London borough alone (ignoring accents with immigrant origin, which would add many more)

[jack_riminton]

They wanted to find Leicester Square in London

- Hey can you tell me where "lie-sester" square is?

- Oh you mean "lester" square, yeah walk up that...

- No I'm pretty sure it's "lie-sester"

- Ok well I've never heard of that square, good luck!

[cc81]

I support them in their fight against how you guys pronounce certain things compared to how it is spelled. I'm not from the US though but Worcestershire sauce....come on.

[jack_riminton]

That's fine, but that means I reserve the right to go to Detroit and insist it's pronounced "de-twa" and tell the locals they say it wrong because it has a french origin :)

[dekhn]

it's either posh or cockney, right?

[boppo1]

Do b/Black people in the UK care about capitalization?

[vidarh]

I'm not black, so I can't speak for black people in the UK.

But in terms of English language rather than their preference, I think you use a compound term, such as Black British, it's probably more correct to capitalize, at least if you intend it to be a compound rather than intend black as "just" an adjective that happens to be used to qualify British rather than referring to a specific group. "Black" by itself would not generally be capitalized unless at the start of a sentence any more than "white" would. And this seems to be generally reflected in how I see the term used in the UK.

[boppo1]

Thank you for the thorough explanation.