[imp] Political correctness

[boiboi alavaren]

Blacklist, blacksheep, black magic... "those terms developed long before 
European whites were aware of a black race. And they arose, not out of racism, 
but religious beliefs that associated black, with the dark underworld, with hell and 
the devil."

 
Quoting Ramon Kagan <rkagan@yorku.ca>:

+ Sorry about this one, I've been ordered by my superiors to ask.
+ 
+ You have the word "blacklist" in the program.  Some people in our
+ community find this offensive.  They are asking if this could be changed
+ to something else like "block".
+ 
+ Sorry,
+ 
+ Ramon Kagan
+ York University, Computing and Network Services
+ Unix Team -  Intermediate System Administrator
+ (416)736-2100 #20263
+ rkagan@yorku.ca
+ 
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