As the Darkside Universe is set in past, present and slightly into the future of modern times, and that the novels are geared for a general readership of mixed racial makeup, I have a question for discussion.

     In the first installment, Discovery, I tell the story of what happens in the United States when the country discovers Black folks have been secretly living on the backside of the moon since before Neil Armstrong arrived (there went the neighborhood).

     What I have done to keep the story narrative race-neutral, and non-confrontational/judgmental I have not capitalized the word black in the novel's narrative unless it's a specific reference to "Black America" and the like.

     The question is, how do other writers feel about my doing so to engender more popular appeal? 

WmH

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