I think that measures like renaming stuff creates a bunch of problems that ultimately make things harder than they already are.
Once people understand that there is a changing nomenclature that has to be used they will completely shut up about a topic in fear of repercussions from a hate mob. This in turn will eventually lead to the unconscious but very real behavior of distancing from minority groups. It worsens things. People need to understand that by forcing language change they will further divide people.
Geroge Floyd isn't dead because Linus called the git branch master. He is dead because of police misconduct. And GitHub won't be able to change that, the government needs to send police officers to academy for longer and train them right. They also need to introduce an environment in which this behavior is not tolerated and officers will lose their jobs if they behave this way.
George Floyd is dead because of his own actions. This video by Vigilante Intelligence called "George Floyd Bodycam, Finally The Truth" covers it comprehensively:
> George Floyd is dead because of his own actions.
The video doesn't mention or show suicide. If you think that death is an acceptable outcome for a simple arrest with multiple police officers on site you got an serious issue. This is neither okay nor acceptable. Those police officers were incredibly incompetent. Incapable of handling a man, supposedly on a drug that has sedative effects, with 3 man back-up.
I did, and none of the actions displayed convinced me that the man deserved death. But maybe that just because I was raised in a country that values life and human rights. Unlike in some third world shithole called U.S.A.
Once people understand that there is a changing nomenclature that has to be used they will completely shut up about a topic in fear of repercussions from a hate mob. This in turn will eventually lead to the unconscious but very real behavior of distancing from minority groups. It worsens things. People need to understand that by forcing language change they will further divide people.
Geroge Floyd isn't dead because Linus called the git branch master. He is dead because of police misconduct. And GitHub won't be able to change that, the government needs to send police officers to academy for longer and train them right. They also need to introduce an environment in which this behavior is not tolerated and officers will lose their jobs if they behave this way.