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arrow-up11.73KimageComing to you soon...lemmy.world@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years agomessage-square532fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish54•2 years agoBlocklist and allowlist are much more intuitive, so if we ignore all the cultural baggage, these changes are rather sensical.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish26•2 years agoCultural baggage? Neither term has any roots in racism, blacklist came from a play and whitelist came about as the opposite of blacklist
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoAs of the perception of words has no relevance
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoIt comes from the act of voting using a black or white ball. Black was a no vote, white was yes. It goes back to ancient Greece.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoNot everything is related to skin color Jesus. The world isn’t so black and white.
Blocklist and allowlist are much more intuitive, so if we ignore all the cultural baggage, these changes are rather sensical.
Cultural baggage? Neither term has any roots in racism, blacklist came from a play and whitelist came about as the opposite of blacklist
As of the perception of words has no relevance
I’ve never heard it perceived as that
Your experience is the only one – fair
It comes from the act of voting using a black or white ball. Black was a no vote, white was yes. It goes back to ancient Greece.
you snowflake
Not everything is related to skin color Jesus. The world isn’t so black and white.