Exclusive: The site's move toward inclusive language formally began in January, months before the current Black Lives Matter protests. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote ...

The words and phrases permeate nearly every aspect of our society. “Master bedrooms” in our homes. “Blacklists” and “whitelists” in computing. The idiom “sold down the river” in our everyday speech.

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Linus Torvalds, the principal engineer of the Linux kernel, has approved new terminology for its code and documentation to promote the inclusive language. The change abolishes terms such as blacklist, ...

Nearly a year after the Internet Engineering Task Force took up a plan to replace words that could be considered racist, the debate is still raging. Credit...Sean Dong Supported by By Kate Conger ...