"I haven't met any black person (myself included) who was ever offended by the use of "blacklist". Frankly, a good number find it patronising to make this kind of change." https://github.com/rails/rails/issues/33677#issuecomment-414870475 …https://twitter.com/dhh/status/1032051950781489153 …
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This reminds me of when ESPN suspended Max Bretos for saying, "He's handled everything very well as you said, unflappable. But if there's a chink in the armor, where can Lin improve his game?" The corrective action in the name of empathy is more insulting than anything else.
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@dhh says he "hadn't even considered the black/whitelist issue" when RTing about "terminology with a racist or patriarchal background". Then he backtracks saying it's not about origin (union members), it's about clearer terms. Which one is it?pic.twitter.com/RetxuIbNA9
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The topic and its pull request is now officially too heated.pic.twitter.com/vSpUUU6xnw
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