Journey Toward Eliminating Oppressive Language

EDUCAUSE IT Communications CG Coffee Shop

With the support of many other CGs…�Oct. 6, 2020

Panelists

SARA STUBBS

University of Oregon

SCOTT EMERY

Oregon State University

JOEL F. W. PRICE

Swarthmore College

STAN NORTH MARTIN

NC State University

Moderator

With thanks to GREG STAUFFER, U of Colorado Boulder, for the back-end support

Resource Document

Thanks to those who contributed! �Please continue to add to it...

go.ncsu.edu/no-oppressive-language

Potential Alternative Terminology

• whitelist → allow list or approved
• blacklist → block list or denied
• master/slave → primary/replica, � parent/child, active/passive,� primary/secondary, trunk/branch
• whitehat hacker → ethical hacker
• blackhat hacker → criminal, unethical hacker
• gray hat hacker → hacktivist
• grandfather → legacy

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• blackbox → closed box, mystery box
• whitebox → open box, clear box
• red team → cyber offense
• white team → cyber exercise cell
• yellow team → DevSecOps team
• gray beard → the individual’s name
• mob programming → team, swarm, troop
• whitespace → empty space

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Gathered from multiple sources...

Contact info

• Sara Stubbs, University of Oregon, saras@uoregon.edu�
• Joel F. W. Price, Swarthmore College, jprice1@swarthmore.edu�
• Scott Emery, Oregon State University, scott.emery@oregonstate.edu�
• Stan North Martin, NC State University, stan@ncsu.edu��
• Anti-Racism in Academia: A Learning Journey (ARiA) - https://aria.uga.edu/�
• Eliminating Oppressive Language - crowd-sourced list of resources - https://go.ncsu.edu/no-oppressive-language

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