"Blacklist" and "Whitelist" Labeling

[thesteev]

Hi Pi-hole team!

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to making Pi-Hole so great and versatile. I have really appreciated it.

One minor suggestion to the team—I'd recommend changing "Blacklist" to "Block List" and "Whitelist" to "Allow List".

There's conflicting research on the etymology/history of "blacklist" and "whitelist", but even if it's not conclusively tied to a racial subtext or history—it's a minor change that makes the Pi-Hole feel more inclusive.

Thanks for the consideration.

[jfb]

There is an open feature request.

Change blacklist and whitelist terminology

Like the UK NCSC says the terminology of blacklists and whitelists suggests black is associated with 'forbidden' and other negativity. I propose Pi-hole terminology Blacklist and Whitelist is changed to e.g. Denylist and Allowlist or Blocklist and Allowlist.