Tesla sued for severe harassment of Black workers at California plant

Re:Tesla sued for severe harassment of Black workers at Cali... by richbell on Saturday September 30, 2023 @05:19AM (#37713860)

> Also, changing language that explicitly says “white good”, “black bad” can’t really hurt. It takes very little effort and “allow list” is actually clearer anyway.

That isn't what they say at all. The only way that argument holds any water is with profound ignorance.

It's the same line of thinking as saying that "red team" is offensive because "red" used to be a derogatory term for native Americans. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34039816

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Re:Tesla sued for severe harassment of Black workers at Cali... by padjo on Saturday September 30, 2023 @06:55AM (#37714258)

So why do we exclusively use blacklist to refer to bad things we want to exclude?

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Re:Tesla sued for severe harassment of Black workers at Cali... by nec4b on Saturday September 30, 2023 @07:35AM (#37714475)

For the same reason black card is considered exclusive and prestigious. Maybe you are the problem, associating everything with race and in if in your mind black is inferior, then everything using black as an adjective would be negative for you.

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Re:Tesla sued for severe harassment of Black workers at Cali... by PH95VuimJjqBqy on Monday October 02, 2023 @10:45AM (#37738817)

This is the point you can never get through to them.

The word itself isn't negative. It's usage _may_ be negative, but if you think the word itself is negative then you're the racist one.

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Re:Tesla sued for severe harassment of Black workers at Cali... by cutemonster on Saturday September 30, 2023 @07:44AM (#37714529)

It's originally from England, hundreds of years ago, not US history.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacklisting

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