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Discussion on: GitHub to replace racially-loaded terms (master, slave, blacklist and whitelist)

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Replies for: I think it's a good gesture. But it feels a bit awkward as a person of color to see such things when I've never felt that way as from the time I kn...

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Dan Dascalescu • • Edited

Thanks for pointing out GitHub's contract with the ICE. A link or details may help:

Github contact with the ICE

Also, GitHub has far bigger social problems than a word. For instance, they could rethink banning based on ethnicity.

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Sdu •

Thank you very much for this. I've edited my comment with the links you provided.

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Dan Dascalescu •

No, thank you for your testimony that you didn't feel offended by the word. I've linked to it in my new post.