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Re:Merge tag 'inclusive-terminology' into Linux kernel by Hamuko on Monday July 13, 2020 @12:10AM (#23817084)
What historical baggage does whitelist/blacklist have?
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Re:Merge tag 'inclusive-terminology' into Linux kernel by acdha on Monday July 13, 2020 @09:00AM (#23820281)
white = good black = bad

Does that seem like a great association to defend when it can trivially be changed with no confusion or loss of meaning?

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Re:Merge tag 'inclusive-terminology' into Linux kernel by dmingod666 on Monday July 13, 2020 @05:22PM (#23825720)
Light = white Darkness = black
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Re:Merge tag 'inclusive-terminology' into Linux kernel by tomp on Monday July 13, 2020 @05:21PM (#23825713)
Educate yourself please. This narrow worldview is disingenuous and does you no Good.

Black is positive in finance.

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Re:Merge tag 'inclusive-terminology' into Linux kernel by acdha on Monday July 13, 2020 @08:39PM (#23827340)
You should read my comment more carefully: I was specifically referring to the whitelist / blacklist usage where there is no common usage reversing the relationship of the terms. I have no objection to finance using it because it’s positive and doesn’t resemble past racist usage.
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