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The use of blacklist has been mostly employment-related, and is unrelated to racial issues. Consider why we think black=bad/sin, white=good/pure, however. Thes

• luckylion 6y ago
  > The use of blacklist has been mostly employment-related, and is unrelated to racial issues. Exactly, but it's mentioned as being so. > Consider why we think black=bad/sin, white=good/pure, however. These are arbitrary choices. And they're not because of "omg black people". The concept is far older than the transatlantic slave trade and is mostly about opposites, because it's literally black and white. Not brown and grey/pink/reddish-depending-on-weather. White skin tone isn't white, black skin tone isn't black. The use of black and white as polar opposites was not invented after the 16th century.