I am certain I am not the only one far away from colonial history. I am also certain there are black developers who are unaffected by these terms. These 2 certainties make me view this renaming idea as very much centered around current American politics and climate and therefore dumb.
Technology should not revolve around one single culture but forge its own culture and internal references.
This is not to say that I do not think that what is going on right now in the States is not important, I fell it is way overdue and I want to help in any way I can.
Germany has a lot of things censored as well due to its past. What is the outcome of this censorship? We have neo-nazis encroaching, meeting in secret and gaining in numbers (especially young uneducated people) because they sell themselves as being ‘cool’ and the ‘rebels’ fighting an unjust system.
Tell a human not to do something and that something becomes irresistible.
As for the anecdote in your third bullet point: instead of renaming black/white-list terms to something else, what if we actually educate that shop owner about racism and why it is idiotic and evil to discriminate against a person because of their skin color?
I concede to your second point, and I am starting to see why black/white-list can be a sensitive term and just trying to change the connotation like I suggested somewhere above is not tractable.
I still think that education is key. Not going outright and calling people racist, that is counterproductive I wholeheartedly agree. But instilling in them from a younger age the evil of racism instead.
I may have been quick to react calling this move dumb because of my distance from this issue, thank you for your patience to educate me, I will think 5 seconds more before I react in the future.
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I am certain I am not the only one far away from colonial history. I am also certain there are black developers who are unaffected by these terms. These 2 certainties make me view this renaming idea as very much centered around current American politics and climate and therefore dumb.
Technology should not revolve around one single culture but forge its own culture and internal references.
This is not to say that I do not think that what is going on right now in the States is not important, I fell it is way overdue and I want to help in any way I can.
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Germany has a lot of things censored as well due to its past. What is the outcome of this censorship? We have neo-nazis encroaching, meeting in secret and gaining in numbers (especially young uneducated people) because they sell themselves as being ‘cool’ and the ‘rebels’ fighting an unjust system.
Tell a human not to do something and that something becomes irresistible.
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As for the anecdote in your third bullet point: instead of renaming black/white-list terms to something else, what if we actually educate that shop owner about racism and why it is idiotic and evil to discriminate against a person because of their skin color?
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I concede to your second point, and I am starting to see why black/white-list can be a sensitive term and just trying to change the connotation like I suggested somewhere above is not tractable.
I still think that education is key. Not going outright and calling people racist, that is counterproductive I wholeheartedly agree. But instilling in them from a younger age the evil of racism instead.
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Thank you for the recommendation I will add it to my to-read list.
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I may have been quick to react calling this move dumb because of my distance from this issue, thank you for your patience to educate me, I will think 5 seconds more before I react in the future.