#WordsMatter: Twitter to remove ‘Blacklist,”Master,’ ‘Slave’ in favor of more inclusive language [See First Set of Words]

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#WordsMatter: Twitter to remove ‘Blacklist,”Master,’ ‘Slave’ in favor of more inclusive language [See First Set of Words]

#WordsMatter – Twitter engineers revealed that they would be making the language in code, docs, and configs more inclusive, removing words like Backlist, Whitelist, Master, Slave for more inclusive words.

Twitter Engineering wrote;

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

We’re starting with a set of words we want to move away from using in favor of more inclusive language, such as:

There is no switch we can flip to make these changes everywhere, at once. We will continue to iterate on this work and want to put in place processes and systems that will allow us to apply these changes at scale. We’re focusing on these areas Down pointing backhand index

1. Migrating source code and changing configuration by going through our existing code, IDing violating terms with new warning tools, and changing to the new inclusive terminology. Automated tools and linters are being developed in order to minimize manual effort for developers.

2. Updating documentation across internal resources, Google Docs, runbooks, FAQs, readmes, technical design docs, and more. We are also implementing a browser extension that will help our teams identify words in documents and web pages, and suggest alternative inclusive words.

This isn’t just about eng terms or code. Words matter in our meetings, our conversations, and the documents we write. We know there’s still a lot of work to do, but we’re committed to doing our part. #UntilWeAllBelong

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#WordsMatter: Twitter to remove ‘Blacklist,”Master,’ ‘Slave’ in favor of more inclusive language [See First Set of Words]
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