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Topic	The debate on "offensive" computing terms
Muscles 04/13/21 6:41:28 PM #30:	Mead posted... But there is a real issue historically with language surrounding the word white being portrayed as positive and the word black being associated with negative and undesirable things. I don't see an issue with that, black is associated with negative things because of our fear of the dark. Black was an "evil" color before the concept of race Hell white people are tan and black people are brown so equating the symbolism of white/black as good/bad with white people/black people being good/bad is just stupid --- Muscles Chicago Bears \| Chicago Blackhawks \| Chicago Bulls \| Chicago Cubs \| NIU Huskies <cite>Muscles posted [p:952799568] in The debate... [t:79403395]...</cite> <quote>Mead posted... </cite> <quote>But there is a real issue historically with language surrounding the word white being portrayed as positive and the word black being associated with negative and undesirable things.</quote>I don't see an issue with that, black is associated with negative things because of our fear of the dark. Black was an "evil" color before the concept of race Hell white people are tan and black people are brown so equating the symbolism of white/black as good/bad with white people/black people being good/bad is just stupid --- Muscles Chicago Bears \| Chicago Blackhawks \| Chicago Bulls \| Chicago Cubs \| NIU Huskies</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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