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Bypassing "wifi pausing"
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No one is trying to 'make it a race thing'. It was already 'a race thing' and we are actively trying to un-race it.
You and I being unaware of the partially racial origins of these terms (yes, I just learned about this too), doesn't erase the implications of these words and how it can be hurtful to some people.
There's no such thing as anti-wokeness, only willful ignorance. We can be better people than that.
Racial origins of those terms? Citation needed.
Black and white, in the sense of good and evil, have had their connotations for a fucking long time, whereas black and white to describe skin colour are relatively recent etymologies. I'm pretty sure that Romans didn't call themselves "white" or others "black", for example.
I'm willing to be taught, but this sounds like bullshit to me.
The etymology being wrong doesn't mean that we shouldn't drop freighted terminology, I just don't want false justification. Bullshit is never a valid reason to do something.