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Linus Torvalds approved on Friday a new and more inclusive terminology for the Linux kernel code and documentation.
Going forward, Linux developers have been asked to use new terms for the master/slave and blacklist/whitelist terminologies.
The Linux team did not recommend any specific terms but asked developers to choose as appropriate.
The new terms are to be used for new source code written for the Linux kernel and its associated documentation.
The older terms, considered inadequate now, will only be allowed for maintaining older code and documentation, or "when updating code for an existing (as of 2020) hardware or protocol specification that mandates those terms."
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Everybody is given the same amount of hormones, at birth, and
if you want to use yours for growing hair, that's fine with me.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2020, @11:27AM (1 child)
> greybeards
As in, not white or black? I'm insulted!
I'm not so positive. I think this ridiculous need for searching racism in our culture is missing the point so completely that a backlash may come in the opposite direction.
A racist douche rules the country, but meanwhile you cannot use the word black.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2020, @11:40PM
Oh c'mon, you can use black just fine. The problem is with the negative connotatiosn of a "black list." Or are you fine with people who say all white people are bad?
You highlight a really tricky problem with systemic racism. People are raised under it, and if they aren't bigots then they usually see the systemic racism as normal reality. There is nothing wrong with modifying our language, it happens naturally anyway.
TL:DR - choose a better hill to die on