They do this because the “experts” say so:
AP style will continue to lowercase the term white in racial, ethnic and cultural senses. This decision follows our move last month to capitalize Black in such uses. We consulted with a wide group of people internally and externally around the globe and considered a variety of commentary in making these decisions.
https://blog.ap.org/announcements/why-we-will-lowercase-white
By the way the AP describes themselves as “THE DEFINITIVE SOURCE”
[[By the way the AP describes themselves as “THE DEFINITIVE SOURCE”]]
It’s true- anytime you want “news” devoid of facts, heavy on racism, heavy on TDS, etc, go to the definitive source for garbage news... the Ap