On 6/28/2020 4:10 PM, Giampaolo Rodola' wrote: > From: > https://github.com/python/peps/commit/0c6427dcec1e98ca0bd46a876a7219ee4a9347f4 > > > Instead of requiring that comments be written in Strunk & White Standard > > English, require instead that English-language comments be clear and easily > > understandable by other English speakers. This accomplishes the same goal > > without upholding relics of white supremacy. Many native English speakers > > do not use Standard English as their native dialect, so requiring > > conformation to Standard English centers whiteness in an inappropriate and > > unnecessary way, and can alienate and put up barriers for people of color > > and those whose native dialect of English is not Standard English. This > > change is a simple way to correct that while maintaining the original > > intent of the requirement. > > This has nothing to do with making the wording "clear and understandable" (I > agree on that). It's about, once again, bringing race-based politics into > Python, and spreading hate towards a specific group of people: whites. > Whether you're aware of it or not, there is a term for this: it's racism. > I want to remind everyone that most of us here simply want to contribute > code. We do it for free, and don't want to be involved in "this", because > frankly it's disgusting. Doing something out of passion and for free, and at > the same time seeing these sorts of things happening on a regular basis, > looks and feels like an insult, and will only lead to people leaving this > place.
Really, I would hate to see this list descend into voluminous discussions on racism. I haven't seen an comments yet that agreed with the OP that PEP 8 authors wrote anything racist. If fact, I suspect the authors would vehemently deny such an accusation. Please, can we just drop this discussion? --Edwin _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/MQU5DZK4RRKCNNJHTYP2PRECQP2EPQVV/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
