Final statement from Steering Council on politically-charged commit messages

[Ethan Furman]

On 8/19/20 2:55 AM, J. Pic wrote:

> [...] but still, I
> don't understand how this sentence (changed by the patch):
> 
>> When writing English, follow Strunk and White.
> 
> Does "uphold relics of white supremacy" (as per the commit message).
> 
> Thanks in advance for your simple explanation (I'm not a native
> english speaker).

The purported issue is that Strunk and White itself is doing the upholding.

For example, on a slightly different topic, earlier versions of S&W were 
sexist: the examples of men used positive words, while the examples of 
women used negative and subservient words.

I have not read S&W myself, and my requests for WS examples have gone 
unanswered, so I do not know about the WS aspect.

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~Ethan~