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Discussion on: Do you consider the term "blacklist" a "racist" term? If yes, what is the alternative?

 
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Ben Sinclair

Let’s abolish the conotation/denotation of green for money, red for prosperity, blue for sadness, yellow for warnings, red for forbidden altogether!

These examples are not "internationally accepted". In fact, if they were, prosperity would be forbidden, wouldn't it?

Colours have different connotations in different cultures already. They don't need to be part of the name for anything else; we don't benefit from the metaphor.