Words matter: Removing exclusionary terminology from our codebase
Intercom, Inc.
AUGUST 11, 2020
It was first proposed after Benjamin Whorf, a fire safety inspector at the time, observed how oil workers treated empty oil barrels as less hazardous than full oil barrels, despite them being equally flammable due to the traces of oil remaining in them. We had terminology replacements drafted and people with an appetite to make changes.
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