Same at my org at the time, blacklist was nixed, no matter how many times the question, "What color is ink on a page?" was brought up.
> What color is ink on a page?
Middle gray, according to modern UX designers. ;)
The colour of the ink is not where "blacklist" comes from though? It's not from supposed skin colour either...
Blocklist makes more sense in most scenarios.
Seems like a bad faith question, unfortunate that it was asked multiple times. Blacklist is derived from a definition where black means "evil, bad, or undesirable". When you say that ink is black, you're using a different definition, which relates to color. I don't know if I see the objection to blackbox, which uses a definition of "unknown". Personally, I think the harm is small but I look to people of color for guidance and prefer the more descriptive deny-list where I can. Cuts down on possible confusion for non-native English speakers too.