You have to read the Tweet from Twitter to believe it. I kid you not, 2-3 weeks ago I told my wife the tech industry would do this.
The Tech industry regularly uses all of these terms. During my career as a Network Engineer, we used almost all of these terms.
I have to tell you, not once in my 20 years did I ever think about segregation or racism when using these common terms. Neither have I ever heard anyone complain about them.
I want to explain a few of these terms to you for context.
Tech Terms
If a condition is listed under a “whitelist” in a technology system it means the condition will be processed. For example, I may have “whitelisted” a specific email address. That will ensure the email is always received by the user.
If a condition is listed under a “blacklist”, it means the condition will not be processed. So if we were talking about email, then when a specific email address came in, it would meet the blacklist and be denied and would not be received by the user.
Not a big deal, kooks are only trying to make it a big deal.
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Then we have Master/Slave.
In a system, you typically have a master or primary controller/system and a slave or standby controller/system. When the Master breaks, the Slave takes over. These terms have been around far before my time and no one has ever been offended by them.
The fact that we are even discussing these things right now shows how sissified our population has become. We are far too sensitive. If we look hard enough, in just about everything we do we can find something where someone will become offended.
Who cares!
I am offended that you are offended okay? I am offended that some people hate God, so what! I can live with it, I won’t even weep a tear.
Don’t be a snowflake, when the heat gets turned up, they melt.
Inclusive language plays a critical role in fostering an environment where everyone belongs. At Twitter, the language we have been using in our code does not reflect our values as a company or represent the people we serve. We want to change that. #WordsMatter https://t.co/JVO8968B7K
— Twitter Engineering (@TwitterEng) July 2, 2020