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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
I don't know that it is. One of my friends told me that "Black people/person/etc" is ok (capital B) but "blacks" or "black people" is definitely not. I assume it's the difference between referring to them as a people vs a colour of people. In the same way you would say "Canadian people" and not "canadian people".
Not to say that's definitive.
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I think Canadian Press Style/Standards recently made this exact change to their guidelines, so there's precedent.