I think that is dumb too. The lists have nothing to do with white or black people, or whether or not the people of those colors are bad or good.
The connotation that black has as a color is "bad" for example, a dark alley is considered a bad thing because it is dark/black. The color white can be referred to as being a lit alley which is considered good.
It is only the people who try to bring race into the words which have no relation to race that are the problem.
It is only the people who try to bring race into the words which have no relation to race that are the problem.
Read up a little on race history. A lot of the justifications for treating dark skinned people poorly throughout history were based directly or secondarily on the whole dark = bad, light = good analogy.
The connotation that black has as a color is "bad" for example, a dark alley is considered a bad thing because it is dark/black.
Why not lightlist and darklist? On the list subject personally I approve the change regardless of any connotations because it's a switch to using words that actually describe the purpose of the list.
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I think that is dumb too. The lists have nothing to do with white or black people, or whether or not the people of those colors are bad or good.
The connotation that black has as a color is "bad" for example, a dark alley is considered a bad thing because it is dark/black. The color white can be referred to as being a lit alley which is considered good.
It is only the people who try to bring race into the words which have no relation to race that are the problem.
Read up a little on race history. A lot of the justifications for treating dark skinned people poorly throughout history were based directly or secondarily on the whole dark = bad, light = good analogy.
Why not lightlist and darklist? On the list subject personally I approve the change regardless of any connotations because it's a switch to using words that actually describe the purpose of the list.