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Discussion on: Do you consider the term "blacklist" a "racist" term? If yes, what is the alternative?

 
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d.s.e • Edited

I agree with this, although the word slave has really bad connotations, not just racist but un-ethical IMO.

I totally agree.

Those terms are used in all kinds of context, like e. g. software, relays, lighting fixtures, busses, BDSM, ...
In some of these contexts it's easy to replace them with other and maybe better fitting terms.

But things are totally different for whitelist/blacklist: Here the origin is not unethical, so i don't see any reason to replace them.