The AP Stylebook has been making a lot of recommendations in recent years that I disagree with—usually because they’re stupid.
For example, a couple of years ago they decided that the word “black” should capitalized when used “in a racial, ethnic or cultural sense.” It really didn’t make sense, but the fact that they decided that black should be capitalized, but white, even in a racial, ethnic or cultural sense, would not be capitalized, made the recommendation racist.
The AP Stylebook has also recommended not calling a riot a “riot” and not calling a late-term abortion a late-term abortion. You can also imagine what they have to say about preferred pronouns.
