• JasonDJ@lemmy.zip
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    8 months ago

    Usually a deny-list or a block-list.

    These are the inclusive terms that are getting adopted in IT, at least, and they usually work in that context. Maybe not for everything.

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        At my company, white hat hackers are to be called “offensive security researchers”. Black hat hackers are to be called “attackers”.

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        8 months ago

        Don’t forget about the whole master/slave thing or how often programmers kill children.

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        I think grey still is acceptable, at least until the martians start demanding equal rights.

        I think terms like “legal grey area” don’t have the same connotations as black/white do, because “grey” isn’t really used as an adjective for a person.

        I still refer to our oldschool Linux admins as greybeards. I think that’s okay because there’s like 5 oldschool female Linux admins in the world and they are chill as hell.