For a time, stong objections were voiced at the inherent racism underlying words like blacklist, blackguard, blackmail, even blackboard, and at the supposedly disparaging and dismissive nature of terms like mentally handicapped, disabled, Third World, etc.

有一段时间， 人们对黑名单、黑警、勒索甚至黑板等词背后固有的种族主义， 以及弱智、残疾、第三世界等词的贬义和蔑视性质， 提出了强烈的反对意见。