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FederatedSaint@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Polar@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Racists angry over 1 simple word change that better describes the function of said list.

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  • FederatedSaint@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    What??? Are you really equating any mention of the word “white” with race?

    Holy shit we deserve the impending apocalypse.

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    • Polar@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It was changed a long while ago because of race. Grow up. Stop being outraged and melodramatic over a fucking word change to be more inclusive.

      Blacklist = blocked

      Whitelist = allowed

      Calling things slave/master

      Not to mention allow list and block list just make sense.

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      • MossyFeathers@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Master/slave was understandable, but c’mon, blacklist/whitelist? You can’t convince me that has racist connotations to it; the black = bad, white = good thing has been around for an extremely long time. Quite honestly, it’s very easy to guess where it might have come from: black is dark, darkness is where nasties hide. White is bright, like a bright light, which illuminates the darkness and allows you to see where it’s safe.

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      • fosstulate@iusearchlinux.fyi ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Black and white are English words at least a thousand years old. They’ve taken on numerous positive, negative and neutral connotations over time. But all that heritage and utility doesn’t matter, and must be denied, because in 2023 it doesn’t suit some people’s politics to use ‘black’ in any context besides referring to a black person.

        I think that’s a very sad and limiting attitude toward language.

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• TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  get over it

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