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AMA Manual of Style (10th ed.) : A Guide for Authors and Editors

AMA Manual of Style Committee

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Print Publication Date:
Mar 2007
Print ISBN-13:
9780195176339
Published to AMA Manual of Style:
Apr 2009
DOI:
10.1093/jama/9780195176339.001.0001
© American Medical Association
Contents

Sociocultural Designations

Chapter:
Capitalization
Author(s):

Brenda Gregoline

10.3.2 Sociocultural Designations

Capitalize names of languages, nationalities, ethnicities, political parties, religions, and religious denominations. Do not capitalize political doctrines (conservative, progressive). Do not capitalize white or black as a designation of race.

African American

an Arab man

the Berbers

the Catholic Church (but: a Methodist church, First Methodist Church)

English language

Ethiopian food

the French

Hispanic population

Indian American community

of Italian heritage

Latina girls

Native American

Protestant

Sanskrit

Although she has been a member of the Republican party for years, at one time she was a Democrat.

This legislation endorses the principles of democracy in our republican form of government.