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| - type: basic | |
| note: Avoid using the term `master`; these suggestions are for the computer term, but there are better alternatives for other cases too | |
| considerate: | |
| - primary | |
| - lead | |
| - hub | |
| - reference | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - master | |
| - type: basic | |
| note: Avoid using the term `master`; these suggestions are for the computer term, but there are better alternatives for other cases too | |
| considerate: | |
| - primaries | |
| - hubs | |
| - references | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - masters | |
| - type: basic | |
| note: Avoid using the term `slave`; these suggestions are for the computer term, but there are better alternatives for other cases too | |
| considerate: | |
| - secondary | |
| - worker | |
| - replica | |
| - node | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - slave | |
| - type: basic | |
| note: Avoid using the term `slave`; these suggestions are for the computer term, but there are better alternatives for other cases too | |
| considerate: | |
| - secondaries | |
| - workers | |
| - replicas | |
| - nodes | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - slaves | |
| - type: basic | |
| considerate: | |
| - unethical hacker | |
| - malicious actor | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - blackhat | |
| - type: basic | |
| considerate: | |
| - ethical hacker | |
| - security researcher | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - whitehat | |
| - type: basic | |
| considerate: | |
| - Inuit | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - eskimo | |
| - type: basic | |
| considerate: | |
| - Inuits | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - eskimos | |
| - type: basic | |
| considerate: | |
| - Asian person | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - oriental | |
| - type: basic | |
| considerate: | |
| - Asian people | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - orientals | |
| - type: basic | |
| considerate: | |
| - person of color | |
| - people of color | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - nonwhite | |
| - non white | |
| - type: basic | |
| considerate: | |
| - projects | |
| - urban | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - ghetto | |
| - type: basic | |
| considerate: | |
| - Native American | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - red indian | |
| - pocahontas | |
| - redskin | |
| - type: basic | |
| considerate: | |
| - Native American People | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - red indians | |
| - redskins | |
| - type: basic | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - animal spirit | |
| - dream catcher | |
| - spirit animal | |
| - totem | |
| note: Avoid using terms that oversimplify the complex and varied beliefs of indigenous religions. | |
| source: | |
| - https://www.worldreligionnews.com/opinion/spirit-animal-not-joke-oppression | |
| - https://www.spiralnature.com/spirituality/spirit-animal-cultural-appropriation | |
| considerate: | |
| - favorite | |
| - inspiration | |
| - personal interest | |
| - personality type | |
| - type: basic | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - long time no hear | |
| - long time no see | |
| note: Avoid using phrases that implicitly mock people with limited knowledge of the English language. | |
| source: https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/03/09/288300303/who-first-said-long-time-no-see-and-in-which-language | |
| considerate: | |
| - I haven’t seen you in a long time | |
| - it’s been a long time | |
| - type: basic | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - Indian country | |
| note: Avoid using phrases referring to the genocidal United States “Indian Removal” laws. | |
| source: | |
| - https://newsmaven.io/indiancountrytoday/archive/off-the-reservation-a-teachable-moment-nW1d7U0JRkOszhtg8N1V1A/ | |
| considerate: | |
| - enemy territory | |
| - type: basic | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - jump the reservation | |
| - off reserve | |
| - off the reservation | |
| note: Avoid using phrases referring to the genocidal United States “Indian Removal” laws. | |
| source: | |
| - http://blog.nativepartnership.org/off-the-reservation/ | |
| - https://www.wsj.com/articles/off-the-reservation-is-a-phrase-with-a-dark-past-1462552837 | |
| - https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/06/29/326690947/should-saying-someone-is-off-the-reservation-be-off-limits | |
| - https://nowtoronto.com/news/native-references-and-terms-that-are-offensive-to-indigenous-people/ | |
| considerate: | |
| - disobey | |
| - endure | |
| - object to | |
| - oppose | |
| - resist | |
| - type: basic | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - circle the wagons | |
| - on the warpath | |
| note: Avoid using phrases referring to colonial stereotypes regarding Native Americans. | |
| source: | |
| - https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/circle+the+wagons | |
| - https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/go+on+the+warpath | |
| considerate: | |
| - defend | |
| - type: basic | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - too many chiefs | |
| note: Avoid using phrases referring to colonial stereotypes regarding Native Americans. | |
| source: | |
| - https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/too+many+chiefs+and+not+enough+Indians | |
| considerate: | |
| - too many chefs in the kitchen | |
| - too many cooks spoil the broth | |
| - type: basic | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - natives are restless | |
| - natives are becoming restless | |
| - natives are getting restless | |
| - natives are growing restless | |
| note: Avoid using phrases referring to colonial stereotypes regarding indigenous peoples. | |
| source: | |
| - https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheNativesAreRestless | |
| considerate: | |
| - dissatisfied | |
| - frustrated | |
| - type: basic | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - pow wow | |
| - powwow | |
| note: Avoid casually using this term, which refers to traditional indigenous celebration ceremonies that were banned by genocidal laws in the United States and Canada — Native people died fighting for this right. | |
| source: | |
| - https://twitter.com/chadloder/status/1203507070772793345 | |
| - http://nativeappropriations.com/2012/09/paul-frank-offends-every-native-person-on-the-planet-with-fashion-night-out-dream-catchin-pow-wow.html | |
| - https://www.britannica.com/topic/powwow | |
| - https://nowtoronto.com/news/native-references-and-terms-that-are-offensive-to-indigenous-people/ | |
| considerate: | |
| - conference | |
| - gathering | |
| - meeting | |
| - type: basic | |
| note: Avoid using phrases referring to colonial stereotypes regarding Native Americans. | |
| considerate: | |
| - go back on one’s offer | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - indian give | |
| - indian giver | |
| - type: basic | |
| considerate: | |
| - Filipinos | |
| - Filipino people | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - pinoys | |
| - pinays | |
| - type: basic | |
| considerate: | |
| - Arabs | |
| - Middle Eastern People | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - towel heads | |
| - type: basic | |
| note: Whenever possible, try to be gender inclusive. | |
| considerate: | |
| - Latinx | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - latino | |
| - latina | |
| - type: basic | |
| considerate: | |
| - Japanese person | |
| - Japanese people | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - japs | |
| - type: basic | |
| considerate: | |
| - Jewish person | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - shlomo | |
| - shyster | |
| - hymie | |
| - type: basic | |
| considerate: | |
| - a person who is not Jewish | |
| - not Jewish | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - goyim | |
| - goyum | |
| - goy | |
| - type: basic | |
| considerate: | |
| - a Black person | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - spade | |
| - type: basic | |
| source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romani_people#cite_ref-80 | |
| note: Gypsy is insensitive, use Roma or Romani. They’re not Egyptian as the name suggests. | |
| considerate: | |
| - Nomad | |
| - Traveler | |
| - Roma | |
| - Romani | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - gyppo | |
| - gypsy | |
| - Gipsy | |
| - gyp | |
| - type: basic | |
| note: Replace racially-charged language with more accurate and inclusive words | |
| considerate: | |
| - blocklist | |
| - wronglist | |
| - banlist | |
| - deny list | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - blacklist | |
| - black list | |
| - type: basic | |
| note: Replace racially-charged language with more accurate and inclusive words | |
| considerate: | |
| - blocklisted | |
| - wronglisted | |
| - banlisted | |
| - deny-listed | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - blacklisted | |
| - type: basic | |
| note: Replace racially-charged language with more accurate and inclusive words | |
| considerate: | |
| - blocklisting | |
| - wronglisting | |
| - banlisting | |
| - deny-listing | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - blacklisting | |
| - type: basic | |
| note: Replace racially-charged language with more accurate and inclusive words | |
| considerate: | |
| - passlist | |
| - alrightlist | |
| - safelist | |
| - allow list | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - whitelist | |
| - white list | |
| - type: basic | |
| note: Replace racially-charged language with more accurate and inclusive words | |
| considerate: | |
| - passlisted | |
| - alrightlisted | |
| - safelisted | |
| - allow-listed | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - whitelisted | |
| - type: basic | |
| note: Replace racially-charged language with more accurate and inclusive words | |
| considerate: | |
| - passlisting | |
| - alrightlisting | |
| - safelisting | |
| - allow-listing | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - whitelisting | |
| - type: basic | |
| note: Avoid using terms that imply a group has not changed over time and that they are inferior | |
| considerate: | |
| - simple | |
| - indigenous | |
| - hunter-gatherer | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - primitive | |
| - savage | |
| - stone age | |
| - type: basic | |
| note: Avoid using terms that make some groups sound inferior | |
| considerate: | |
| - society | |
| - community | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - tribe | |
| - type: basic | |
| note: Avoid using terms that make some groups sound inferior. Replace “sophisticated” with a neutral term such as “complex” | |
| considerate: | |
| - complex culture | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - sophisticated culture | |
| - type: basic | |
| note: Avoid using terms that make some groups sound inferior. Replace “sophisticated” with a neutral term such as “complex” | |
| considerate: | |
| - complex technology | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - sophisticated technology | |
| - type: basic | |
| note: Avoid using `bugreport`, as the word `bugre` is a slur in Brazilian Portuguese | |
| considerate: | |
| - bug report | |
| - snapshot | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - bugreport | |
| - type: basic | |
| source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandfather_clause#Origin | |
| note: Avoid using phrases referring to racist United States “Jim Crow” laws. | |
| considerate: | |
| - legacy policy | |
| - legacy clause | |
| - deprecation policy | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - grandfather clause | |
| - grandfather policy | |
| - type: basic | |
| source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandfather_clause#Origin | |
| note: Avoid using phrases referring to racist United States “Jim Crow” laws. | |
| considerate: | |
| - deprecate | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - grandfathering | |
| - type: basic | |
| source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandfather_clause#Origin | |
| note: Avoid using phrases referring to racist United States “Jim Crow” laws. | |
| considerate: | |
| - deprecated | |
| - legacy | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - grandfathered | |