blacklisters
Those who exclude
Blacklisters are people who create or maintain blacklists—lists of individuals, organizations, or entities to be excluded, shunned, or denied privileges.
The term gained particular notoriety during the McCarthy era, when blacklisters in Hollywood kept lists of suspected communists who were then denied work in the entertainment industry.
Today it applies more broadly to anyone who compiles or enforces exclusionary lists, whether in employment, finance, or online communities.
Officially disallowed
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
- censorOne who suppresses content
- redactionObscuring sensitive text
- silencingStopping noise or dissent
propaganda · bowdlerize · sanitization · expurgate · book-burning · forbidden · taboo · restrictions
Deliberately avoiding someone
- pariahsSocially rejected individuals
- outcastsRejected, excluded people
- ostracismBanishment from a group
- banishmentForced removal from place
excommunication · boycott · expulsion · blackballing · debarment · rejection · snubbing · cold-shoulder
Unfair inclination or prejudice
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- profilingCharacterizing by patterns
- stereotypingOversimplified group-based judgments
targeting · racism · sexism · xenophobia · intolerance · unfairness · partiality · favoritism
Illicit liquor traffickers
- speakeasyIllicit liquor establishment
- temperanceHabitual moderation in behavior
- prohibitionistAdvocate against legal alcohol
- moonshineIllegally distilled spirits
rum-running · smuggling · bootlegging · illicit · teetotaler · dry · repeal · contraband
banned
Officially disallowed
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
- censorOne who suppresses content
- redactionObscuring sensitive text
silencing · propaganda · bowdlerize · sanitization · expurgate · book-burning · forbidden · taboo · restrictions · confidentiality
shunning
Deliberately avoiding someone
- pariahsSocially rejected individuals
- outcastsRejected, excluded people
- ostracismBanishment from a group
banishment · excommunication · boycott · expulsion · blackballing · debarment · rejection · snubbing · cold-shoulder · isolation
bias
Unfair inclination or prejudice
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- profilingCharacterizing by patterns
stereotyping · targeting · racism · sexism · xenophobia · intolerance · unfairness · partiality · favoritism · chauvinism
bootleggers
Illicit liquor traffickers
- speakeasyIllicit liquor establishment
- temperanceHabitual moderation in behavior
- prohibitionistAdvocate against legal alcohol
moonshine · rum-running · smuggling · bootlegging · illicit · teetotaler · dry · repeal · contraband · speakeasies
blacklisterswelcomers
Those who receive arrivals
accepters · embracers · integrators · inviters · recruiters
blacklistersendorsers
Those who publicly approve
sponsors · advocates · champions · supporters · vouchers
blacklistersrehabilitators
Those who restore function
exonerators · vindicators · clearers · pardoners · restorers