2 Blade style changes

We have made two style changes — Black and internet. Both entries are now in The Blade Stylebook.

Black: Uppercase in terms of race or racial history or culture. Here are some other noteworthy comments on the style:
Black(s), white(s) (n.) Do not use either term as a singular noun. For plurals, phrasing such as Black people, white people, Black teachers, white students is often preferable when clearly relevant. White officers account for 64% of the police force, Black officers 21%, and Latino officers 15%. The plural nouns Blacks and whites are generally acceptable when clearly relevant and needed for reasons of space or sentence construction. He helped integrate dance halls among Blacks, whites, Latinos, and Asian Americans.

Black (adj.) Use the capitalized term as an adjective in a racial, ethnic, or cultural sense: Black people, Black culture, Black literature, Black studies, Black colleges. African-American is also acceptable for those in the United States. The terms are not necessarily interchangeable, however. Americans of Caribbean heritage, for example, generally refer to themselves as Caribbean-American. Follow an individual’s preference if known. Use Negro or colored only in names of organizations or in rare quotations when essential.

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internet: Lowercase internet to match Blade style for web and website. The internet is a decentralized, worldwide network of computers and other devices that can communicate with each other.
The web, like email, is a subset of the internet. They are not synonymous and should not be used interchangeably in stories.