I've been a professional C, Perl, PHP and Python developer.
I'm an ex-sysadmin from the late 20th century.
These days I do more Javascript and CSS and whatnot, and promote UX and accessibility.
The etymology might not have anything to do with race, but think of it like a programmer.
Were tables-for-layout invented to be bad for the web? No. As time passed, though, people started seeing that they weren't really that great of an idea, and moved to something better.
We don't have to go back and re-label all our old IDE devices or flash our BIOSes. It's just a sensible thing to do to make things better going forward.
The etymology might not have anything to do with race, but think of it like a programmer.
Were tables-for-layout invented to be bad for the web? No. As time passed, though, people started seeing that they weren't really that great of an idea, and moved to something better.
We don't have to go back and re-label all our old IDE devices or flash our BIOSes. It's just a sensible thing to do to make things better going forward.
I am thinking like a programmer - if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
I refuse to let racism infest every aspect of everything, or let people insert it or imply it where there is none.
Direct your efforts to areas that are actually harming people or preventing them from being treated equally as everyone deserves to be.
I'm half of a mixed-race couple and have seen and experienced racism first-hand towards my wife in my country, and towards me in hers.
Please don't get bogged down in this ridiculousness. Direct your efforts toward the bigger picture instead.