[imp] a change on the lists terms

[Jim Norton]

And perhaps while we are at it, perhaps we should rename devil's food 
and angel's food cake?

You insensitive clods!

Quoting Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at mail.curecanti.org>:

> 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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