I've lived long enough to go throughmaoling wrote: ↑Sat Apr 24, 2021 2:23 amJeezus. My well-worn copy of The Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual (1980) reads as follows:Grandma Lynn wrote: ↑Sat Apr 24, 2021 1:38 amAha!Mel Bradford wrote: ↑Fri Apr 23, 2021 3:48 pmhttps://apnews.com/article/7e36c00c5af0 ... 51261fff1f Not surprised, AP stands for asinine press.
black Acceptable in all references to Negro. Do not use colored as a synonym. See the colored entry.
Black Muslims flew caps with AP back then, but Moslems was the preferred usage.
No words for transgender, btw. But transexual was lower case and the only cross-reference to that was sex changes lol.
names preferred "Negro", Colored,
Afro-American and Black.
I'll use whatever they want, but please
make up your mind!