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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
You capitalise proper adjectives, which is what Black person/Black community/etc is. Pronouns are “he/she/they/we” etc where the noun has already been mentioned. “Black” as a noun is considered offensive (a black, the blacks).
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What the damn hell. 'Canadian' is a proper adjective because 'Canada' is a proper noun. 'Orwellian' is a proper adjective, because, again, 'Orwell' is a proper noun. So how can 'Black' be a proper adjective? If 'Black' as a noun is offensive, then surely 'Black' as a proper adjective must also be, as it implies the existence of a related proper noun.