Hi everyone, I find this thread especially the responses very educational in regards to the problems our community faces with inclusivity. I know my vote doesn't count, but +1 from me.
Jenn On Sat, Jun 13, 2020 at 9:59 AM Thibault Kruse <tibokr...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Jun 13, 2020, 19:18 Alessio Stalla <alessiosta...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Well, perhaps it ought to be "black" people who get to say whether they >> feel offended by white/blacklist, and in that E. Kemokai's answer is very >> valuable. >> > > Some expressions are non-inclusive even if no person were to feel offended > by them. The typical case against "blacklist" can be found e.g here: > https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/styleguide/inclusive_code.md > > "Terms such as “blacklist” and “whitelist” reinforce the notion that > black==bad and white==good. 'That Word *Black'*, by Langston Hughes > <https://mcwriting11.blogspot.com/2014/06/that-word-black-by-langston-hughes.html> > illustrates > this problem in a lighthearted, if somewhat pointed way." > > This has been discussed so often online right now, it does not seem useful > to discuss it again starting at zero without reference to an existing > discussion. > >>
