Re: Use of "white list" and "black list" in WG documents/dialogue

+1 and Mea Culpa

On Mon, Nov 2, 2020 at 5:02 PM Wayne Chang <wyc@fastmail.fm> wrote:

> +1
>
> thank you for caring about the measured use of language, on which spec
> authors often pride themselves.
>
> On Mon, Nov 2, 2020, at 4:03 PM, Siegman, Tzviya wrote:
> > Thanks for bringing this up, Manu. The Inclusiveness and Diversity CG
> > has been exploring approaches to this and other language issues that
> > frequently occur (e.g. master/slave files).
> >
> > See https://github.com/w3c/idcg/issues/17 and
> > https://github.com/w3c/idcg/issues/15.
> >
> > Tzviya Siegman
> > Information Standards Principal
> > Wiley
> > 201-748-6884
> > tsiegman@wiley.com
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>
> > Sent: Monday, November 2, 2020 3:58 PM
> > To: W3C DID Working Group <public-did-wg@w3.org>
> > Subject: Use of "white list" and "black list" in WG documents/dialogue
> >
> > ⛔       This is an external email.
> >
> >
> > Hey folks,
> >
> > Heard several mentions of the word "whitelist" and "blacklist" on the
> > call today. I know the folks using it had no ill will, and there is
> > never a good time to bring this up, but putting this out there so that
> > folks can learn about why such language is being increasingly viewed as
> > not having a place in the tech industry (and society in general).
> >
> > Here's a peer reviewed journal article that outlines the origins of
> > those words and their negative effect on society:
> >
> >
> https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328014459_Blacklists_and_whitelists_a_salutary_warning_concerning_the_prevalence_of_racist_language_in_discussions_of_predatory_publishing
> >
> > Please consider these more accurate alternatives in the future:
> >
> > whitelist => allow list
> > blacklist => deny list
> >
> > Not only are these replacements more technically accurate, but they are
> > easier to understand (less colloquial) for non-native English speakers
> > of which we had a fair number of on the call today.
> >
> > -- manu
> >
> > --
> > Manu Sporny - https://www.linkedin.com/in/manusporny/
> > Founder/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc.
> > blog: Veres One Decentralized Identifier Blockchain Launches
> > https://tinyurl.com/veres-one-launches
> >
> >
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