I think it's the same with blacklist/whitelist -> blocklist/allowlist. It allowlist/blocklist actually says what it does in the name without using the idea of racism and white supremacy. I wish more software would just use these terms by default. (maybe some aliases for the old names)
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Even if the word's origins aren't racism, I hope you can see why having a blacklist with "bad" things on it that won't be allowed and a whitelist with "good" things that are allowed maybe isn't the friendliest terminology. (especially when there are more intuitive names available that avoid this problem)