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It is offensive because the word "black" in the phrase has negative connotation, right? If so, the stance Google engineer took was not progressive enough. I sug
by hintymad 6y ago
It is offensive because the word "black" in the phrase has negative connotation, right? If so, the stance Google engineer took was not progressive enough. I suggest a purge with rigorous examination on at least the following phrases on top of my mind:
black cat
black money
black sheep
black frost
black market
black humor
black plague
black widow
black monday
black ops
black hand
black death
black magic
black propaganda
black economy
black book
black prince
black eye
black marketeer
blackmail
Oh, and do remember to cancel this website: https://www.bourncreative.com/meaning-of-the-color-black/ https://www.bourncreative.com/meaning-of-the-color-black/, as well as all the discussion about the sensation of the black color.
In a racist's eyes, everything is about racism.
- hintymad 6y agoAnd I don't understand the downvote. The Google justice fighter didn't ask to rename "black hat" because of negative connotation? If it is about negative connotation, why is it wrong to examine all phrases, especially the ones like "black market" and "black hand"?
- prepend 6y agoIt’s wrong because of bikeshedding and spends resources on unimportant things. Racism is important. Hacking is important. Spending cycles working in these areas is better than helping those who struggle with googling “is blackhat a racist term?” In this case the speaker shut off discussion anyway by not participating. So he’s not “examining all phrases,” he’s issuing judgement on a phrase. And his judgement seems silly to me. I don’t know the subject so perhaps his material is great, but based on this one action it seems unlikely that his judgement would be great on blackhat hacking, but ridiculous in this area.
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