Is it ok to use the term "Black hole" or is this a racist term?

Question

Is it ok to use the term "Black hole" or is this a racist term?

Answer 1

The only people that would even think this is racist are the uneducated ignorant people that are the same ones that continue to look for a fight.

Answer 2

Consumes everything, destroys civilization and creation in its wake... yields nothing of worth... sounds about right to me

Answer 3

Depends on how you use it.

Answer 4

a black hole is a point in space were all the gravity is concentrated and no light can escape it has nothing to do with racism

Answer 5

It's about as racist as a blackboard in a classroom.

Answer 6

That would depend entirely on the context.

Answer 7

no, it's not ok.  we're giving a black hole a negative connotation by calling it a black hole.  so we should call it something better, more intuitive, like backwards bung hole, because stuff only goes in and never comes out, just the opposite of a real bunghole, unless your g*y.

Answer 8

go ahead and use it, anyone offended by it is racist themselves as "Black Hole" had nothing to do with ethnicality

Answer 9

Black hole was never racist. If you're gonna call it racist, then why not call White Dwarf racist? Or Red Dwarf racist?

Answer 10

astronomy is a racially neutral science.  how could that term be used in an offensive way? be sure you know the meaning of terms you use.