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a blacklist is inherently racist because it implies that being black is bad and that whitelists are superior.
please think about these things before engaging in these sort of things. we have to look at the actual CULTURAL implications and historical facts before using terms such as these
#mastodon #blacklists #contentwarnings-
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@shpuld @rw you mean #yellowlist?
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White cishet malelists should be the new blacklists and diversity powerlists should be the new whitelists. -
@rw We are talking about lists, not people.
Black is a description of a positive balance on a company's financial statements. A company would be said to be "in the black" if it is profitable or, more specifically, if the company produces positive earnings afteraccounting for all expenses.But I guess that's racist or culturally unacceptable for you as well.
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I prefer Access Control List and blocklist / passlist or other mutations such as allowlist or acceptlist. They seem to be more specific language in terms of intention, and don't depend on a learned language convention.There's another connotation that might be more relevant to the concept of reputation: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=blackball
Seems to originate out of an old voting practice involving black and white balls. Fascinating history.
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@ultimape @rw
>getting a serious answer https://FrankerZposter.club/attachment/449132 -
@ultimape @rw that's so #racist and #misogynist, associating papayas of people of color with something negative
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