The Associated Press Stylebook updated its guidance on Friday for race-related coverage to capitalize “Black” when used “in a racial, ethnic or cultural sense” and “Indigenous” when referring to “original inhabitants of a place.”
“These changes align with long-standing capitalization of other racial and ethnic identifiers such as Latino, Asian American and Native American,” the AP Stylebook Twitter account wrote.
The Stylebook entry for “Black” also states that the capitalization of Black “recognizes that language has evolved, along with the common understanding that especially in the United States, the term reflects a shared identity and culture rather than a skin color alone.”