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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I have a friend that works at Salesforce, he told me that they made him change the name of some classes that used the term Blacklist because of inclusivity

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This kind of thing is infuriating. Especially when the actual etymology of "blacklist" is a 17th century play where a list of nobles scheming against the British monarchy is described as a blacklist.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

But the word black is used so clearly it's racist, right? How can we be woke if we don't randomly ban words because of their alternate meanings?

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