This guy asks some really good questions so I thought I'd set aside five seconds to come up with some answers.
Why didn't the scientists call it a white hole?
They did. A white hole, in astrophysics, is an object which ejects matter from within its event horizon (as opposed to a black hole, which absorbs all visible light, and has a black appearance). They're theorized to serve as the exit points for wormholes. Their appearance would be white, like a white dwarf (which is also known as a degenerate dwarf). If Commissioner Mayfield had made the analogy to a white hole, it would seem to imply that central collections is spewing paperwork.
Tell me one thing when they say "white" and you get a negative connotation?
For starters, ketracel white, white coats, white collar crime, White Noise, White Sox fan, White House, White Castle hangover, The White Stripes, White Horse, Bill White, white flag, White Devil, whitehead, white guilt, White Men Can't Jump, White Man's Overbite, white out, white reggae, great white shark, white bread, white booty, white trash, "that's so white," white wash (as he used himself).
Warning! This trailer does NOT necessarily reflect my opinions or the opinions of Amoeba Music, although we do sell this DVD. It's arguably our generation's Birth of a Nation.
Imagine growing up with the racial politics in Dallas where John Wiley Price was the primary black voice represented in the media. Featuring his idiotic views on a regular basis to the exclusion of more rational ones was a form of racism. For parity, the white voices of prominence weren't any more intelligent.
Regarding the controversy over 'niggardly' that sprang up a few years back, then chairman of the NAACP Julian Bond said: "You hate to think you have to censor your language to meet other people’s lack of understanding[.] David Howard should not have quit. Mayor Williams should bring him back — and order dictionaries issued to all staff who need them."