• wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    I don’t think I’ve ever seen the word “allowlisted”. Did someone forget “whitelisted” is a thing, or is that term finally cancelled?

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      1 year ago

      Whitelist and blacklist were indeed cancelled despite having no racial origin.

      • tonarinokanasan@lemmy.sdf.org
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        1 year ago

        There are cultural traditions of using colors as symbols, many of which are harmless – red for anger, blue for sadness, green for envy. Whitelist and blacklist come from the very long-standing theme of using white to represent good and black to represent evil.

        Regardless of how you feel about the origin of those themes, it makes sense to start moving away from them now. Whether intentional or not, they can be harmful and aren’t really necessary.