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Re:Maids trafficked and sold to wealthy Saudis on black market by zeusflight on Thursday December 29, 2022 @08:02AM (#34172189)
The legitimacy of an enterprise shouldn't be judged based on where it's allowed to happen - it should be the other way around. The two app stores should be designated as 'slave markets' for allowing this to persist for so long after being alerted. It's especially ironic that these companies are keen on deep invasion of privacy of regular citizens in the name of CSAM and terrorism. This is an exaggerated form of their 'Rules for you, none for me' attitude.

In addition, I object to the 'black market' terminology. Unlike the objections these companies have with 'master' on git - which doesn't have any relationship to slavery, black is an actual term related to a race that's misappropriated with a derogatory connotation.

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Re:Maids trafficked and sold to wealthy Saudis on black market by janlin1999 on Thursday December 29, 2022 @08:53AM (#34172589)
> In addition, I object to the 'black market' terminology. [...] black is an actual term related to a race that's misappropriated with a derogatory connotation.

It doesn't appear that "black" in "black market" refers to race:

"The term “black market” first appeared in print in The Economist magazine in 1931 in reference to an unofficial, or “black,” market in sterling exchange." -- https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences-and-law/law/cri...

Likewise, https://www.reddit.com/r/etymology/comments/3wfpdo/comment/c...

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Re:Maids trafficked and sold to wealthy Saudis on black market by mtlmtlmtlmtl on Thursday December 29, 2022 @09:01AM (#34172642)
Yeah, it's worth noting that black people weren't usually referred to as black people in western societies back then, but various variations of the N word.

Black is an actual colour, and in opposition to light. That's where all these black/grey/white trichotomies come from.

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Re:Maids trafficked and sold to wealthy Saudis on black market by justsomehnguy on Thursday December 29, 2022 @09:46AM (#34173088)
The usage of black as an adjective to describe illegal deeds and things not only precedes the slavery in the North America but existed in cultures which never even seen people with a black skin. But you can't argue with SJW with logic.
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