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I've wondered that too. My inexpert, unresearched guess is that people are scared of darkness, because we don't see too well. Hence black is a scary/bad color,
by breischl 8y ago
I've wondered that too. My inexpert, unresearched guess is that people are scared of darkness, because we don't see too well. Hence black is a scary/bad color, and blacklists are the things to avoid.
Brightness is good - you can see, it's usually warm, etc. Hence whitelist.
But like I said, total off-the-cuff guess, take it for what it's worth.
- sbhn 8y agoGood response, i thought it was left over terminology from segregation times. You may be right
- umeshunni 8y agoThere was English before America, FYI
- jannes 8y agoI am pretty sure the continent existed before English.
- aaaaaaaaaab 8y agoI want this to be satire