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• FederatedSaint@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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      • Polar@lemmy.ca ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Or we can be happy they changed it to something easier to understand.

        If you’re angry about a word change, when it makes it easier to understand, you’re probably racist.

        I’m glad it’s easier to understand, and has the added benefit of PoC feeling more inclusive.

        You’re angry because… idk? You’re racist? There’s no other reason to be outraged.

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    • fosstulate@iusearchlinux.fyi ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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      • Polar@lemmy.ca ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I think calling a block list “black” and an allow list “white” makes no sense.

        Allow/block makes sense. White/black makes no sense. Words have meaning, let’s use them properly.

        If you’re upset about changing the words to better explain what they do, you’re racist. There’s literally no reason to oppose a word change when it makes it easier to understand.

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