On Sun, 5 Jul 2020 at 12:12, Stephen Rothwell <s...@canb.auug.org.au> wrote: > > Hi Dave, > > On Sun, 5 Jul 2020 09:34:57 +1000 Dave Airlie <airl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Sun, 5 Jul 2020 at 06:45, Stephen Rothwell <s...@canb.auug.org.au> wrote: > > > > > > On Sat, 04 Jul 2020 13:02:51 -0700 Dan Williams > > > <dan.j.willi...@intel.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > +The Linux kernel is a global software project, and in 2020 there was a > > > > +global reckoning on race relations that caused many organizations to > > > > +re-evaluate their policies and practices relative to the inclusion of > > > > +people of African descent. This document describes why the 'Naming' > > > > > > I feel a need to point out that racial issues are wider than just > > > people of African descent ... Also, others have pointed out that > > > slavery is not just restricted to those of African descent. > > > > The racial issues are wider than that, and even wider again I'm sure, > > but in 2020 this is as good a place to start as any, and the trigger > > as that sentence says was in 2020, there was a reckoning about it > > mainly due to people of African descent. That trigger has had flow on > > effects in other countries, but I'm not sure that sentence in any way > > diminishes that, it's merely an introduction to why this change is > > happening now. > > And reading it again in the (actual) light of day, I see you are right > and I misinterpreted this. > > > As for the non-black slavery, others have never pointed this out > > (I did not say "non-black") >
Sorry I misdirected what you said a bit, and I did misinterpret as Australia also has it's own indigenous slavery issues, I was trying to stop the "white slavery" is a thing crew from turning up on this. Apologies for accidentally implying something what you hadn't said. Dave.
