AP says it will capitalize Black but not white: https://apnews.com/7e36c00c5af0436abc09e051261fff1f

Washington Post to capitalize Black, white in stories: https://thehill.com/homenews/media/509562-washington-post-to...

There's more from the other major outlets but that should explain it.

I say this as someone who leans heavily far left... the reasoning here makes no sense at all (speaking of the AP article).

The linguist and scholar John McWhorter, who I think tends to lean right on these types of issues, says that he capitalizes Black and for the same reasons, would capitalize white, but the capitalization of white by white supremecists has sort of ruined it for everyone.

The author may be referring to Black as an ethnic or cultural group, not the color.

The current cultural issue is whether White should be capitalized or not.

with identity politics when it comes to race it means you are doomed if you do or doomed if you don't. A curious game. Better to play a nice game of chess.