With all due respect, but they're still ultimately metaphors, regardless if their background is racist. To put something on the blacklist (black, not as in skin color, but undesirable, like putting something in a void) versus a whitelist (white, as in desirable, like putting something in the light, or to favour something).
Plus, black and white / good and evil has existed since like forever. I think there's terms that can be substituted (and rightfully so, like master and slave), but I don't think these two should.
With all due respect, but they're still ultimately metaphors, regardless if their background is racist. To put something on the blacklist (black, not as in skin color, but undesirable, like putting something in a void) versus a whitelist (white, as in desirable, like putting something in the light, or to favour something).
@Irishmasms you're trolling, right?