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Oh come on. Don't link to that. /dev/color clearly refers to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_of_color https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_of_color
by gizmo 10y ago
Oh come on. Don't link to that. /dev/color clearly refers to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_of_color https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_of_color
- jacobolus 10y agoThe question was “why not call it /dev/black?”; the wikipedia article linked clarifies that “color” has in some contexts in US culture historically referred to African-descended people. I edited my comment to add your link as well though.
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- cblock811 10y agoIt's kind of weird to say "Don't link to that offensive term, link to this offensive term instead". Just strikes me as oddly politically correct but not really at the same time.
- gizmo 10y agoPOC is (at least for now) the correct (unoffensive) term. Of course don't use POC if individuals object to it, but it's nowadays the default descriptor and the safest choice.
- douche 10y agoIt's profoundly silly that the same words are ok if used in a passive formation, but offensive in the active formation.