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Can't use whitelist or blacklist anymore... - UofMTigerTim - 06-22-2020 11:04 AM

https://www.zdnet.com/article/uk-ncsc-to-stop-using-whitelist-and-blacklist-due-to-racial-stereotyping/

https://9to5google.com/2020/06/12/google-android-chrome-blacklist-blocklist-more-inclusive/

Geez...


RE: Can't use whitelist or blacklist anymore... - BartlettTigerFan - 06-22-2020 11:22 AM

Shall we next just ban the words "white" and "black"??? Has the entire country lost their collective f'ing minds??? 01-wingedeagle


RE: Can't use whitelist or blacklist anymore... - Owl 69/70/75 - 06-22-2020 11:29 AM

(06-22-2020 11:22 AM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  Shall we next just ban the words "white" and "black"??? Has the entire country lost their collective f'ing minds??? 01-wingedeagle

Pretty much.


Can't use whitelist or blacklist anymore... - JMUDunk - 06-22-2020 11:36 AM

I’ve been saying exactly that for a number of years around here.

350 million people being overrun by a loud and obnoxious 2% or so. .

Gonna be looooooong azz summer.


RE: Can't use whitelist or blacklist anymore... - JRsec - 06-22-2020 11:45 AM

(06-22-2020 11:04 AM)UofMTigerTim Wrote:  https://www.zdnet.com/article/uk-ncsc-to-stop-using-whitelist-and-blacklist-due-to-racial-stereotyping/

https://9to5google.com/2020/06/12/google-android-chrome-blacklist-blocklist-more-inclusive/

Geez...

Fine just replace them with one of these sets:
Productive / Unproductive
Compliant / Subversive
Civilized / Uncivilized
For Us / Against Us

It's all the same and can be done without color.


RE: Can't use whitelist or blacklist anymore... - bullet - 06-22-2020 11:59 AM

So James Spader's show will have to change its name?


RE: Can't use whitelist or blacklist anymore... - NIUAlum90 - 06-22-2020 12:03 PM

Can we call someone a blackguard anymore?


RE: Can't use whitelist or blacklist anymore... - stinkfist - 06-22-2020 12:03 PM

(06-22-2020 11:29 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  
(06-22-2020 11:22 AM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  Shall we next just ban the words "white" and "black"??? Has the entire country lost their collective f'ing minds??? 01-wingedeagle

Pretty much.

they call it #neverDJT

@herdedbuhmuhSorosOrWackjobLibertarians

I simply call it #irony


RE: Can't use whitelist or blacklist anymore... - stinkfist - 06-22-2020 12:05 PM

(06-22-2020 12:03 PM)NIUAlum90 Wrote:  Can we call someone a blackguard anymore?

imma gonna call a spade a spade w/0 hesitation. ..