On 21 Jul 2020, at 13:34, Grant Taylor wrote:

Will we be asked to rename "blacktop", which is a specific subset of asphalt? Or what about renaming the SR-71 Blackbird? Or will White Castle need to rename, when the name was originally meant to reference clean and safe to eat at? Or dare I say it, what about renaming the U.S.A.'s White House?

All answers: "NO!" In those cases, "black" and "white" all reference actual colors of physical things, not a metaphorical value judgment.

It's a very non-slippery non-slope.

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