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I thought that "blacklist" was deprecated and that "denylist" or "blocklist" were appropriate usages? https://developers.google.com/style/word-list#letter-B ht
by Merrill 7y ago
I thought that "blacklist" was deprecated and that "denylist" or "blocklist" were appropriate usages?
https://developers.google.com/style/word-list#letter-B https://developers.google.com/style/word-list#letter-B
- mruts 7y agoNo one cares. Just give it up.
- Judgmentality 7y agoI didn't know this was a thing. Is Google really that worried about being politically correct? Are there lots of people that care about this? My initial impression is that this is an incredibly forced alternative and it makes me cringe a bit.
- scohesc 7y agoWho cares? The words weren't even created with skin color in mind.
- gitgudnubs 7y agoYou're racist for thinking that the word "black" used to refer to something as bad is at all related to dark skinned people.
- lucasmullens 7y agoThat's a developer style guide, not a guide for all communication.