I think the fundamental issue is that you think there is some link between racism and the fact that the word "black" is commonly associated with bad things.
People aren't racist towards black people because of the word black. (You might have noticed that non-black people can be victims of racism too!)
And "black" isn't associated with badness because of racism against black people either.
And it isn't even the black community calling for this. It's white SJWs. Ok I think they probably do have good intentions but they also want low-effort feel-good actions and don't really care what effect they actually have.
It's the "set your profile picture" of racism. The only effect is making people who do it feel like they've done something worthwhile.
> To me it would be the same as naming something christianlist and muslimlist to denote "good" and "bad", maybe that's a better example.
Terrible analogy. There's a fundamental difference between "blacklist" and "darkielist" (for example). Black doesn't just mean "black people". It is also just a colour.
> And it isn't even the black community calling for this. It's white SJWs. Ok I think they probably do have good intentions but they also want low-effort feel-good actions and don't really care what effect they actually have.
> The only effect is making people who do it feel like they've done something worthwhile.
I feel like you're discrediting your point a little bit with this by labeling people with that term and assuming something about what "they" want or think.
People aren't racist towards black people because of the word black. (You might have noticed that non-black people can be victims of racism too!)
And "black" isn't associated with badness because of racism against black people either.
And it isn't even the black community calling for this. It's white SJWs. Ok I think they probably do have good intentions but they also want low-effort feel-good actions and don't really care what effect they actually have.
It's the "set your profile picture" of racism. The only effect is making people who do it feel like they've done something worthwhile.
> To me it would be the same as naming something christianlist and muslimlist to denote "good" and "bad", maybe that's a better example.
Terrible analogy. There's a fundamental difference between "blacklist" and "darkielist" (for example). Black doesn't just mean "black people". It is also just a colour.