[imp] a change on the lists terms

Michael M Slusarz slusarz at mail.curecanti.org
Sun Dec 11 23:00:13 PST 2005


Quoting Eli <eli-list at experthost.com>:

> Toya wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I am toya from brasil just joining this list. Actualy I am
>> here to ask the coders from imp could use another terms for
>> the lists "blacklist" and "whitelist".
>> Those are racists terms to define a "correct list" and an
>> "wrong list".
>
> I don't speak for anyone else but myself, however the terms "whitelist" and
> "blacklist" are only racist if you believe them to be racist.

More important, this topic comes up about once every 3-6 months on  
this list.  Check the list archives.  As always, we are not going to  
change the usage since there is nothing wrong with it.

michael

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