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'Whitelist' and 'blacklist' have nothing to do with race, they never had anything to do with race, and anyone who thinks they do is, quite simply, wrong. Knowing these facts, this is nothing like calling a black man 'boy' or using the n-word — so bringing them up is irrelevant.

Language also adapts over decades so that words are computer/IT terms & have no other connotations. Like most of the stuff in this thread. Have a think about that.

Words do have connotations, that's the reason why people use them - because they refer to similar concepts, even in different contexts.

Are you genuinely suggesting that using the n-word and asking the network team to add an IP to a blacklist come from the same moral place?

You just used the term "bl..k". This word is forbidden. Use the allowed word "coloured" next time.

—- The langage police