SEO racism?

[Sawya]

Isn't it racist how blackhat is supposed to be the bad guy, the one who breaks the rules whereas the whitehat is the pure and proper one? :anon.sml:

 

[xmcp123]

and how "the man" (google) always tries to get the blackhats to the back of the search results?
Oh god. Terrible, terrible joke.
But huzzah for civil disobedience!

 

[CCLIND]

You're kidding, right?

 

[HarveyJ]

*facepalm*

It has nothing to do with race, and everything to do with colour psychology.
"Black hat" comes from the fact that villians are always wearing black (until recently anyway).
Westerns... Notice how every bad guy's hat is black? They're black hats.
Snidely Whiplash, Dick Dastardly, Darth Vader, old school undertakers... notice how they all have black hats?

 

[Jizzlobber]

Snidely Whiplash, Dick Dastardly

Now that's going back...you 'ol black bastid!

 

[ChrisS]

Don't listen to Harvey. He's just spreading The Man's propaganda and trying to keep a brutha down.

 

[AngelaE8654]

You're kidding, right?

Of course.