Dictionary.com Defines “Black”

Another example of the power of ownership.

The self-anointed, self-appointed platform Dictionary.com has added Black, as it refers to a person, in massive update around definitions that reflect culture, identity, and race.

It capitalizes Black

The update includes the capitalization of Black, an increasingly popular move by many websites and news organizations as White America begins to reckon with race.The website called the move “a mark of respect and recognition that’s in line with capitalizing other cultures and ethnicities.” It also added terms like Afro-Latina, Afro-Latino, Afro-Latinx, brownface, Filipina, Filipinx, Pinay, Pinoy and Pinxy.