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We should just remove the words black and white from the english language.

If people are going to start this discussion any time people mention perfectly legitimate colors, fuck it. Get rid of those words. It's not like we'll ever need to identify anything other than skin by its color.

It has nothing to do with race.

The term "whitelist" means to allow something, and the term "blacklist" means to restrict something. It's that simple. It's part of the English language.

I repeat - it has nothing to do with race whatsoever

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According to Wikipedia:

According to the Henry Holt Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins the word "blacklist" originated with a list England's King Charles II made of fifty-eight judges and court officers who sentenced his father, Charles I, to death in 1649. When Charles II was restored to the throne in 1660, thirteen of these regicides were put to death and twenty-five sentenced to life imprisonment, while others escaped.

So at least the term "blacklist" is not a historically racist term.

They are just colors, man.

I realize everyone loves CG but i have my doubts he would be capable of changing the english language

They are listist.

Maybe when the first whitelist/blacklist in the world was made, they thought that white represents light, and black represents darkness. Generally, people see white as 'holy' or 'worthy'. If you seen a beam of a bright, white light, you might think it looks holy. And whitelists are for people who have special access, or who may be considered worthy. People generally see black as a bad thing. Like, if you're in a pitch-black room, it will probably put your mood waayyy down because it's just not a happy place. But if you're outside and the sun is shining, you might be put in a happy mood because it's bright. I understand you may think it could be about color, but I HIGHLY doubt that it was the intent of the creator. Because honestly, black as a color in general, IS negative. It brings darkness, sadness. People who are 'emo' or 'goth' wear black because they're not in a happy place. Stop thinking anything about this is about color of anyone's skin, it's much bigger than that.

You shouldn't watch Death Note if you're offended by the blacklist word :3

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Why did you play Darksiders 1 & 2 then?
Surely that has a racial theme too?

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basically what muahahhahameow said even your avatar shows a monster wich has shadowy darker colours and geralt as lighter colours portraying a good vs evil kind of thing now do i see something racial in it i surely dont and i bet neither did you when u started using it ;p