[Rspamd-Users] Is RSPAMD racist?

[Marc Roos]

> When someone yells, "Ow! You're standing on my foot!", you get off 
their foot.  You don't say, "well, 
> actually, I'm really only on the edge of your shoe and probably only 
your large toe; let's have a discussion 
> about the merits of me moving my foot."  You get off their fucking 
foot.

This analogy is incorrect. Someone is whining that you are on their 
foot, while you are not on their foot.




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To: User questions
Subject: Re: [Rspamd-Users] Is RSPAMD racist?


RSPAMD isn't racist, but it's (unintentionally, historically) using 
terminology that perpetuates racial bias.

The simple answer is to move to allowlist and denylist.  It's a 
relatively simple change.  We should do it.  The deprecated terms can 
remain for compatibility.

Please don't start in with "well actually"-ing and arguing that people 
are being overly sensitive, or it's not meant like that, or whatever 
lame conservative snowflake response you want to jump in with -- that 
behavior *is* actually racist.

When someone yells, "Ow! You're standing on my foot!", you get off their 
foot.  You don't say, "well, actually, I'm really only on the edge of 
your shoe and probably only your large toe; let's have a discussion 
about the merits of me moving my foot."  You get off their fucking foot.

--Jered

----- On Jun 22, 2020, at 11:37 PM, Rob Gunther redrob at gmail.com wrote:

> We received our first complaint today about RSPAMD being racist.
> 
> Apparently using the terms whitelist & blacklist are offending people.
> 
> Is the industry that are currently using the terms whitelist & 
> blacklist moving to other terms? Something that people find less 
offensive these days?
> 
> I would assume these two words will soon be bad things, the industry I 

> assume will be coming up with some other terms.
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