terrytate9080

Clearly you are missing the point. The context of the language in the Kernel has nothing to do with race or slavery.

Where do we stop? I’m assuming next we want to remove the words entirely from the dictionary?

Because we wouldn’t want to prevent anyone reading the dictionary would we?

If removing those words from the dictionary helps even one person more read it, then that’s a win.

“SambalOelek 9 minutes ago [–]

In all honesty, it doesn't matter how you feel about it. I do feel strongly about it, and I'm Native Mexican, “

So let me get this right. Your Mexican views count but his white views don’t matter? Ok..

How about don’t discount someone’s view just because they are or aren’t a certain skin color.

You do realize every culture and race on planet earth has owned slaves right? It isn’t an exclusively American thing.

If this is what the Linux kernel developers have to do to inflate their ego and self worth who are we to stop them!

Probably the most ill informed article I’ve seen on HN in a long while.

The author is putting 2 and 2 together and getting 50.