diff --git a/doc/source/data/tempest-blacklisted-plugins-registry.header b/doc/source/data/tempest-non-active-plugins-registry.header
similarity index 67%
rename from doc/source/data/tempest-blacklisted-plugins-registry.header
rename to doc/source/data/tempest-non-active-plugins-registry.header
index 6b6af11..06d8eaa 100644
--- a/doc/source/data/tempest-blacklisted-plugins-registry.header
+++ b/doc/source/data/tempest-non-active-plugins-registry.header
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-Blacklisted Plugins
+Non Active Plugins
 ===================
 
 List of Tempest plugin projects that are stale or unmaintained for a long
-time (6 months or more). They can be moved out of blacklist state once one
+time (6 months or more). They can be moved out of nonactivelist state once one
 of the relevant patches gets merged:
 https://review.opendev.org/#/q/topic:tempest-sanity-gate+%28status:open%29
diff --git a/doc/source/overview.rst b/doc/source/overview.rst
index e51b90b..2eaf72f 100644
--- a/doc/source/overview.rst
+++ b/doc/source/overview.rst
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
    There is also the option to use `stestr`_ directly. For example, from
    the workspace dir run::
 
-    $ stestr run --black-regex '\[.*\bslow\b.*\]' '^tempest\.(api|scenario)'
+    $ stestr run --exclude-regex '\[.*\bslow\b.*\]' '^tempest\.(api|scenario)'
 
    will run the same set of tests as the default gate jobs. Or you can
    use `unittest`_ compatible test runners such as `stestr`_, `pytest`_ etc.
diff --git a/doc/source/stable_branch_support_policy.rst b/doc/source/stable_branch_support_policy.rst
index 87e3ad1..9c2d1ed 100644
--- a/doc/source/stable_branch_support_policy.rst
+++ b/doc/source/stable_branch_support_policy.rst
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 testing branches in these phases, it's possible that we'll introduce changes to
 Tempest on master which will break support on *Extended Maintenance* phase
 branches. When this happens the expectation for those branches is to either
-switch to running Tempest from a tag with support for the branch, or blacklist
+switch to running Tempest from a tag with support for the branch, or exclude
 a newly introduced test (if that is the cause of the issue). Tempest will not
 be creating stable branches to support *Extended Maintenance* phase branches, as
 the burden is on the *Extended Maintenance* phase branche maintainers, not the Tempest
diff --git a/etc/whitelist.yaml b/etc/allow-list.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from etc/whitelist.yaml
rename to etc/allow-list.yaml
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/Inclusive-jargon-17621346744f0cf4.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/Inclusive-jargon-17621346744f0cf4.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..089569e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/Inclusive-jargon-17621346744f0cf4.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+deprecations:
+  - |
+    In this release the following tempest arguments are deprecated and
+    replaced by new ones which are functionally equivalent:
+
+     * --black-regex is replaced by --exclude-regex
+     * --blacklist-file is replaced by --exclude-list
+     * --whitelist-file is replaced by --include-list
+
+    For now Tempest supports both (new and old ones) in order to make the
+    transition for all consumers smoother. However, that's just a temporary
+    case and the old options will be removed soon.
diff --git a/roles/run-tempest/README.rst b/roles/run-tempest/README.rst
index 3643edb..f9fcf28 100644
--- a/roles/run-tempest/README.rst
+++ b/roles/run-tempest/README.rst
@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@
 
 .. zuul:rolevar:: tempest_test_blacklist
 
-   Specifies a blacklist file to skip tests that are not needed.
+   DEPRECATED option, please use tempest_test_exclude_list instead.
+
+.. zuul:rolevar:: tempest_test_exclude_list
+
+   Specifies an excludelist file to skip tests that are not needed.
 
    Pass a full path to the file.
 
@@ -44,6 +48,11 @@
 .. zuul:rolevar:: tempest_black_regex
    :default: ''
 
+   DEPRECATED option, please use tempest_exclude_regex instead.
+
+.. zuul:rolevar:: tempest_exclude_regex
+   :default: ''
+
    A regular expression used to skip the tests.
 
    It works only when used with some specific tox environments
@@ -51,7 +60,7 @@
 
        ::
            vars:
-             tempest_black_regex: (tempest.api.identity).*$
+             tempest_exclude_regex: (tempest.api.identity).*$
 
 .. zuul:rolevar:: tox_extra_args
    :default: ''
diff --git a/roles/run-tempest/defaults/main.yaml b/roles/run-tempest/defaults/main.yaml
index 5867b6c..e7a1cc6 100644
--- a/roles/run-tempest/defaults/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/run-tempest/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 devstack_base_dir: /opt/stack
 tempest_test_regex: ''
 tox_envlist: smoke
+# TODO(kopecmartin) remove tempest_black_regex once all consumers of this
+# role have switched to the tempest_exclude_regex option.
 tempest_black_regex: ''
+tempest_exclude_regex: ''
 tox_extra_args: ''
 tempest_test_timeout: ''
 stable_constraints_file: "{{ devstack_base_dir }}/requirements/upper-constraints.txt"
diff --git a/roles/run-tempest/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/run-tempest/tasks/main.yaml
index 1de3725..e9c8e92 100644
--- a/roles/run-tempest/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/run-tempest/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@
     tempest_tox_environment: "{{ tempest_tox_environment | combine({'OS_TEST_TIMEOUT': tempest_test_timeout}) }}"
   when: tempest_test_timeout != ''
 
+# TODO(kopecmartin) remove the following 'when block' after all consumers of
+# the role have switched to tempest_test_exclude_list option, until then it's
+# kept here for backward compatibility
 - when:
     - tempest_test_blacklist is defined
   block:
@@ -50,10 +53,48 @@
         blacklist_option: "--blacklist-file={{ tempest_test_blacklist|quote }}"
       when: blacklist_stat.stat.exists
 
+- when:
+    - tempest_test_exclude_list is defined
+  block:
+    - name: Check for test exclude list file
+      stat:
+        path: "{{ tempest_test_exclude_list }}"
+      register:
+        exclude_list_stat
+
+    - name: Build exclude list option
+      set_fact:
+        exclude_list_option: "--exclude-list={{ tempest_test_exclude_list|quote }}"
+      when: exclude_list_stat.stat.exists
+
+# TODO(kopecmartin) remove this after all consumers of the role have switched
+# to tempest_exclude_regex option, until then it's kept here for the backward
+# compatibility
+- name: Set tempest_exclude_regex
+  set_fact:
+    tempest_exclude_regex: "{{ tempest_black_regex }}"
+  when:
+    - tempest_black_regex is defined
+    - tempest_exclude_regex is not defined
+
+- name: Build exclude regex (old param)
+  set_fact:
+    tempest_exclude_regex: "--black-regex={{tempest_black_regex|quote}}"
+  when:
+    - tempest_black_regex is defined
+
+- name: Build exclude regex (new param)
+  set_fact:
+    tempest_exclude_regex: "--exclude-regex={{tempest_exclude_regex|quote}}"
+  when:
+    - tempest_black_regex is not defined
+    - tempest_exclude_regex is defined
+
 - name: Run Tempest
-  command: tox -e {{tox_envlist}} {{tox_extra_args}} -- {{tempest_test_regex|quote}} {{blacklist_option|default('')}} \
+  command: tox -e {{tox_envlist}} {{tox_extra_args}} -- {{tempest_test_regex|quote}} \
+           {{blacklist_option|default('')}}  {{exclude_list_option|default('')}} \
             --concurrency={{tempest_concurrency|default(default_concurrency)}} \
-            --black-regex={{tempest_black_regex|quote}}
+           {{tempest_exclude_regex|default('')}}
   args:
     chdir: "{{devstack_base_dir}}/tempest"
   register: tempest_run_result
diff --git a/tempest/cmd/run.py b/tempest/cmd/run.py
index 8bebce2..2669ff7 100644
--- a/tempest/cmd/run.py
+++ b/tempest/cmd/run.py
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@
 * ``--regex/-r``: This is a selection regex like what stestr uses. It will run
   any tests that match on re.match() with the regex
 * ``--smoke/-s``: Run all the tests tagged as smoke
-* ``--black-regex``: It allows to do simple test exclusion via passing a
-  rejection/black regexp
+* ``--exclude-regex``: It allows to do simple test exclusion via passing a
+  rejection/exclude regexp
 
-There are also the ``--blacklist-file`` and ``--whitelist-file`` options that
+There are also the ``--exclude-list`` and ``--include-list`` options that
 let you pass a filepath to tempest run with the file format being a line
 separated regex, with '#' used to signify the start of a comment on a line.
 For example::
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@
 import sys
 
 from cliff import command
+from oslo_log import log
 from oslo_serialization import jsonutils as json
 from stestr import commands
 
@@ -141,6 +142,8 @@
 CONF = config.CONF
 SAVED_STATE_JSON = "saved_state.json"
 
+LOG = log.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 class TempestRun(command.Command):
 
@@ -201,23 +204,71 @@
             self._init_state()
 
         regex = self._build_regex(parsed_args)
+
+        # temporary method for parsing deprecated and new stestr options
+        # and showing warning messages in order to make the transition
+        # smoother for all tempest consumers
+        # TODO(kopecmartin) remove this after stestr>=3.1.0 is used
+        # in all supported OpenStack releases
+        def parse_dep(old_o, old_v, new_o, new_v):
+            ret = ''
+            if old_v:
+                LOG.warning("'%s' option is deprecated, use '%s' instead "
+                            "which is functionally equivalent. Right now "
+                            "Tempest still supports this option for "
+                            "backward compatibility, however, it will be "
+                            "removed soon.",
+                            old_o, new_o)
+                ret = old_v
+            if old_v and new_v:
+                # both options are specified
+                LOG.warning("'%s' and '%s' are specified at the same time, "
+                            "'%s' takes precedence over '%s'",
+                            new_o, old_o, new_o, old_o)
+            if new_v:
+                ret = new_v
+            return ret
+        ex_regex = parse_dep('--black-regex', parsed_args.black_regex,
+                             '--exclude-regex', parsed_args.exclude_regex)
+        ex_list = parse_dep('--blacklist-file', parsed_args.blacklist_file,
+                            '--exclude-list', parsed_args.exclude_list)
+        in_list = parse_dep('--whitelist-file', parsed_args.whitelist_file,
+                            '--include-list', parsed_args.include_list)
+
         return_code = 0
         if parsed_args.list_tests:
-            return_code = commands.list_command(
-                filters=regex, whitelist_file=parsed_args.whitelist_file,
-                blacklist_file=parsed_args.blacklist_file,
-                black_regex=parsed_args.black_regex)
+            try:
+                return_code = commands.list_command(
+                    filters=regex, include_list=in_list,
+                    exclude_list=ex_list, exclude_regex=ex_regex)
+            except TypeError:
+                # exclude_list, include_list and exclude_regex are defined only
+                # in stestr >= 3.1.0, this except block catches the case when
+                # tempest is executed with an older stestr
+                return_code = commands.list_command(
+                    filters=regex, whitelist_file=in_list,
+                    blacklist_file=ex_list, black_regex=ex_regex)
 
         else:
             serial = not parsed_args.parallel
-            return_code = commands.run_command(
-                filters=regex, subunit_out=parsed_args.subunit,
-                serial=serial, concurrency=parsed_args.concurrency,
-                blacklist_file=parsed_args.blacklist_file,
-                whitelist_file=parsed_args.whitelist_file,
-                black_regex=parsed_args.black_regex,
-                worker_path=parsed_args.worker_file,
-                load_list=parsed_args.load_list, combine=parsed_args.combine)
+            params = {
+                'filters': regex, 'subunit_out': parsed_args.subunit,
+                'serial': serial, 'concurrency': parsed_args.concurrency,
+                'worker_path': parsed_args.worker_file,
+                'load_list': parsed_args.load_list,
+                'combine': parsed_args.combine
+            }
+            try:
+                return_code = commands.run_command(
+                    **params, exclude_list=ex_list,
+                    include_list=in_list, exclude_regex=ex_regex)
+            except TypeError:
+                # exclude_list, include_list and exclude_regex are defined only
+                # in stestr >= 3.1.0, this except block catches the case when
+                # tempest is executed with an older stestr
+                return_code = commands.run_command(
+                    **params, blacklist_file=ex_list,
+                    whitelist_file=in_list, black_regex=ex_regex)
             if return_code > 0:
                 sys.exit(return_code)
         return return_code
@@ -271,15 +322,38 @@
                            help='A normal stestr selection regex used to '
                                 'specify a subset of tests to run')
         parser.add_argument('--black-regex', dest='black_regex',
+                            help='DEPRECATED: This option is deprecated and '
+                                 'will be removed soon, use --exclude-regex '
+                                 'which is functionally equivalent. If this '
+                                 'is specified at the same time as '
+                                 '--exclude-regex, this flag will be ignored '
+                                 'and --exclude-regex will be used')
+        parser.add_argument('--exclude-regex', dest='exclude_regex',
                             help='A regex to exclude tests that match it')
         parser.add_argument('--whitelist-file', '--whitelist_file',
-                            help="Path to a whitelist file, this file "
-                            "contains a separate regex on each "
-                            "newline.")
+                            help='DEPRECATED: This option is deprecated and '
+                                 'will be removed soon, use --include-list '
+                                 'which is functionally equivalent. If this '
+                                 'is specified at the same time as '
+                                 '--include-list, this flag will be ignored '
+                                 'and --include-list will be used')
+        parser.add_argument('--include-list', '--include_list',
+                            help="Path to an include file which contains the "
+                                 "regex for tests to be included in tempest "
+                                 "run, this file contains a separate regex on "
+                                 "each newline.")
         parser.add_argument('--blacklist-file', '--blacklist_file',
-                            help='Path to a blacklist file, this file '
-                                 'contains a separate regex exclude on '
-                                 'each newline')
+                            help='DEPRECATED: This option is deprecated and '
+                                 'will be removed soon, use --exclude-list '
+                                 'which is functionally equivalent. If this '
+                                 'is specified at the same time as '
+                                 '--exclude-list, this flag will be ignored '
+                                 'and --exclude-list will be used')
+        parser.add_argument('--exclude-list', '--exclude_list',
+                            help='Path to an exclude file which contains the '
+                                 'regex for tests to be excluded in tempest '
+                                 'run, this file contains a separate regex on '
+                                 'each newline.')
         parser.add_argument('--load-list', '--load_list',
                             help='Path to a non-regex whitelist file, '
                                  'this file contains a separate test '
diff --git a/tempest/tests/cmd/test_run.py b/tempest/tests/cmd/test_run.py
index 3c99bbe..ec7b760 100644
--- a/tempest/tests/cmd/test_run.py
+++ b/tempest/tests/cmd/test_run.py
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@
 
 
 class TestRunReturnCode(base.TestCase):
+
+    exclude_regex = '--exclude-regex'
+    exclude_list = '--exclude-list'
+    include_list = '--include-list'
+
     def setUp(self):
         super(TestRunReturnCode, self).setUp()
         # Setup test dirs
@@ -92,6 +97,14 @@
         self.addCleanup(os.chdir, os.path.abspath(os.curdir))
         os.chdir(self.directory)
 
+    def _get_test_list_file(self, content):
+        fd, path = tempfile.mkstemp()
+        self.addCleanup(os.remove, path)
+        test_file = os.fdopen(fd, 'wb', 0)
+        self.addCleanup(test_file.close)
+        test_file.write(content.encode('utf-8'))
+        return path
+
     def assertRunExit(self, cmd, expected):
         p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                              stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
@@ -115,19 +128,23 @@
         subprocess.call(['stestr', 'init'])
         self.assertRunExit(['tempest', 'run', '--regex', 'failing'], 1)
 
-    def test_tempest_run_blackregex_failing(self):
-        self.assertRunExit(['tempest', 'run', '--black-regex', 'failing'], 0)
+    def test_tempest_run_exclude_regex_failing(self):
+        self.assertRunExit(['tempest', 'run',
+                            self.exclude_regex, 'failing'], 0)
 
-    def test_tempest_run_blackregex_failing_with_stestr_repository(self):
+    def test_tempest_run_exclude_regex_failing_with_stestr_repository(self):
         subprocess.call(['stestr', 'init'])
-        self.assertRunExit(['tempest', 'run', '--black-regex', 'failing'], 0)
+        self.assertRunExit(['tempest', 'run',
+                            self.exclude_regex, 'failing'], 0)
 
-    def test_tempest_run_blackregex_passing(self):
-        self.assertRunExit(['tempest', 'run', '--black-regex', 'passing'], 1)
+    def test_tempest_run_exclude_regex_passing(self):
+        self.assertRunExit(['tempest', 'run',
+                            self.exclude_regex, 'passing'], 1)
 
-    def test_tempest_run_blackregex_passing_with_stestr_repository(self):
+    def test_tempest_run_exclude_regex_passing_with_stestr_repository(self):
         subprocess.call(['stestr', 'init'])
-        self.assertRunExit(['tempest', 'run', '--black-regex', 'passing'], 1)
+        self.assertRunExit(['tempest', 'run',
+                            self.exclude_regex, 'passing'], 1)
 
     def test_tempest_run_fails(self):
         self.assertRunExit(['tempest', 'run'], 1)
@@ -149,47 +166,31 @@
         self.assertEqual(result, tests)
 
     def test_tempest_run_with_worker_file(self):
-        fd, path = tempfile.mkstemp()
-        self.addCleanup(os.remove, path)
-        worker_file = os.fdopen(fd, 'wb', 0)
-        self.addCleanup(worker_file.close)
-        worker_file.write(
-            '- worker:\n  - passing\n  concurrency: 3'.encode('utf-8'))
+        path = self._get_test_list_file(
+            '- worker:\n  - passing\n  concurrency: 3')
         self.assertRunExit(['tempest', 'run', '--worker-file=%s' % path], 0)
 
-    def test_tempest_run_with_whitelist(self):
-        fd, path = tempfile.mkstemp()
-        self.addCleanup(os.remove, path)
-        whitelist_file = os.fdopen(fd, 'wb', 0)
-        self.addCleanup(whitelist_file.close)
-        whitelist_file.write('passing'.encode('utf-8'))
-        self.assertRunExit(['tempest', 'run', '--whitelist-file=%s' % path], 0)
+    def test_tempest_run_with_include_list(self):
+        path = self._get_test_list_file('passing')
+        self.assertRunExit(['tempest', 'run',
+                            '%s=%s' % (self.include_list, path)], 0)
 
-    def test_tempest_run_with_whitelist_regex_include_pass_check_fail(self):
-        fd, path = tempfile.mkstemp()
-        self.addCleanup(os.remove, path)
-        whitelist_file = os.fdopen(fd, 'wb', 0)
-        self.addCleanup(whitelist_file.close)
-        whitelist_file.write('passing'.encode('utf-8'))
-        self.assertRunExit(['tempest', 'run', '--whitelist-file=%s' % path,
+    def test_tempest_run_with_include_regex_include_pass_check_fail(self):
+        path = self._get_test_list_file('passing')
+        self.assertRunExit(['tempest', 'run',
+                            '%s=%s' % (self.include_list, path),
                             '--regex', 'fail'], 1)
 
-    def test_tempest_run_with_whitelist_regex_include_pass_check_pass(self):
-        fd, path = tempfile.mkstemp()
-        self.addCleanup(os.remove, path)
-        whitelist_file = os.fdopen(fd, 'wb', 0)
-        self.addCleanup(whitelist_file.close)
-        whitelist_file.write('passing'.encode('utf-8'))
-        self.assertRunExit(['tempest', 'run', '--whitelist-file=%s' % path,
+    def test_tempest_run_with_include_regex_include_pass_check_pass(self):
+        path = self._get_test_list_file('passing')
+        self.assertRunExit(['tempest', 'run',
+                            '%s=%s' % (self.include_list, path),
                             '--regex', 'passing'], 0)
 
-    def test_tempest_run_with_whitelist_regex_include_fail_check_pass(self):
-        fd, path = tempfile.mkstemp()
-        self.addCleanup(os.remove, path)
-        whitelist_file = os.fdopen(fd, 'wb', 0)
-        self.addCleanup(whitelist_file.close)
-        whitelist_file.write('failing'.encode('utf-8'))
-        self.assertRunExit(['tempest', 'run', '--whitelist-file=%s' % path,
+    def test_tempest_run_with_include_regex_include_fail_check_pass(self):
+        path = self._get_test_list_file('failing')
+        self.assertRunExit(['tempest', 'run',
+                            '%s=%s' % (self.include_list, path),
                             '--regex', 'pass'], 1)
 
     def test_tempest_run_passes_with_config_file(self):
@@ -197,50 +198,75 @@
                             '--config-file', self.stestr_conf_file,
                             '--regex', 'passing'], 0)
 
-    def test_tempest_run_with_blacklist_failing(self):
-        fd, path = tempfile.mkstemp()
-        self.addCleanup(os.remove, path)
-        blacklist_file = os.fdopen(fd, 'wb', 0)
-        self.addCleanup(blacklist_file.close)
-        blacklist_file.write('failing'.encode('utf-8'))
-        self.assertRunExit(['tempest', 'run', '--blacklist-file=%s' % path], 0)
+    def test_tempest_run_with_exclude_list_failing(self):
+        path = self._get_test_list_file('failing')
+        self.assertRunExit(['tempest', 'run',
+                            '%s=%s' % (self.exclude_list, path)], 0)
 
-    def test_tempest_run_with_blacklist_passing(self):
-        fd, path = tempfile.mkstemp()
-        self.addCleanup(os.remove, path)
-        blacklist_file = os.fdopen(fd, 'wb', 0)
-        self.addCleanup(blacklist_file.close)
-        blacklist_file.write('passing'.encode('utf-8'))
-        self.assertRunExit(['tempest', 'run', '--blacklist-file=%s' % path], 1)
+    def test_tempest_run_with_exclude_list_passing(self):
+        path = self._get_test_list_file('passing')
+        self.assertRunExit(['tempest', 'run',
+                            '%s=%s' % (self.exclude_list, path)], 1)
 
-    def test_tempest_run_with_blacklist_regex_exclude_fail_check_pass(self):
-        fd, path = tempfile.mkstemp()
-        self.addCleanup(os.remove, path)
-        blacklist_file = os.fdopen(fd, 'wb', 0)
-        self.addCleanup(blacklist_file.close)
-        blacklist_file.write('failing'.encode('utf-8'))
-        self.assertRunExit(['tempest', 'run', '--blacklist-file=%s' % path,
+    def test_tempest_run_with_exclude_list_regex_exclude_fail_check_pass(self):
+        path = self._get_test_list_file('failing')
+        self.assertRunExit(['tempest', 'run',
+                            '%s=%s' % (self.exclude_list, path),
                             '--regex', 'pass'], 0)
 
-    def test_tempest_run_with_blacklist_regex_exclude_pass_check_pass(self):
-        fd, path = tempfile.mkstemp()
-        self.addCleanup(os.remove, path)
-        blacklist_file = os.fdopen(fd, 'wb', 0)
-        self.addCleanup(blacklist_file.close)
-        blacklist_file.write('passing'.encode('utf-8'))
-        self.assertRunExit(['tempest', 'run', '--blacklist-file=%s' % path,
+    def test_tempest_run_with_exclude_list_regex_exclude_pass_check_pass(self):
+        path = self._get_test_list_file('passing')
+        self.assertRunExit(['tempest', 'run',
+                            '%s=%s' % (self.exclude_list, path),
                             '--regex', 'pass'], 1)
 
-    def test_tempest_run_with_blacklist_regex_exclude_pass_check_fail(self):
-        fd, path = tempfile.mkstemp()
-        self.addCleanup(os.remove, path)
-        blacklist_file = os.fdopen(fd, 'wb', 0)
-        self.addCleanup(blacklist_file.close)
-        blacklist_file.write('passing'.encode('utf-8'))
-        self.assertRunExit(['tempest', 'run', '--blacklist-file=%s' % path,
+    def test_tempest_run_with_exclude_list_regex_exclude_pass_check_fail(self):
+        path = self._get_test_list_file('passing')
+        self.assertRunExit(['tempest', 'run',
+                            '%s=%s' % (self.exclude_list, path),
                             '--regex', 'fail'], 1)
 
 
+class TestOldArgRunReturnCode(TestRunReturnCode):
+    """A class for testing deprecated but still supported args.
+
+    This class will be removed once we remove the following arguments:
+      * --black-regex
+      * --blacklist-file
+      * --whitelist-file
+    """
+    exclude_regex = '--black-regex'
+    exclude_list = '--blacklist-file'
+    include_list = '--whitelist-file'
+
+    def _test_args_passing(self, args):
+        self.assertRunExit(['tempest', 'run'] + args, 0)
+
+    def test_tempest_run_new_old_arg_comb(self):
+        path = self._get_test_list_file('failing')
+        self._test_args_passing(['--black-regex', 'failing',
+                                 '--exclude-regex', 'failing'])
+        self._test_args_passing(['--blacklist-file=' + path,
+                                 '--exclude-list=' + path])
+        path = self._get_test_list_file('passing')
+        self._test_args_passing(['--whitelist-file=' + path,
+                                 '--include-list=' + path])
+
+    def _test_args_passing_with_stestr_repository(self, args):
+        subprocess.call(['stestr', 'init'])
+        self.assertRunExit(['tempest', 'run'] + args, 0)
+
+    def test_tempest_run_new_old_arg_comb_with_stestr_repository(self):
+        path = self._get_test_list_file('failing')
+        self._test_args_passing_with_stestr_repository(
+            ['--black-regex', 'failing', '--exclude-regex', 'failing'])
+        self._test_args_passing_with_stestr_repository(
+            ['--blacklist-file=' + path, '--exclude-list=' + path])
+        path = self._get_test_list_file('passing')
+        self._test_args_passing_with_stestr_repository(
+            ['--whitelist-file=' + path, '--include-list=' + path])
+
+
 class TestConfigPathCheck(base.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         super(TestConfigPathCheck, self).setUp()
diff --git a/tools/check_logs.py b/tools/check_logs.py
index de7e41d..7e191a0 100755
--- a/tools/check_logs.py
+++ b/tools/check_logs.py
@@ -56,39 +56,39 @@
     's-proxy'])
 
 
-def process_files(file_specs, url_specs, whitelists):
+def process_files(file_specs, url_specs, allow_lists):
     regexp = re.compile(r"^.* (ERROR|CRITICAL|TRACE) .*\[.*\-.*\]")
     logs_with_errors = []
     for (name, filename) in file_specs:
-        whitelist = whitelists.get(name, [])
+        allow_list = allow_lists.get(name, [])
         with open(filename) as content:
-            if scan_content(content, regexp, whitelist):
+            if scan_content(content, regexp, allow_list):
                 logs_with_errors.append(name)
     for (name, url) in url_specs:
-        whitelist = whitelists.get(name, [])
+        allow_list = allow_lists.get(name, [])
         req = urlreq.Request(url)
         req.add_header('Accept-Encoding', 'gzip')
         page = urlreq.urlopen(req)
         buf = six.StringIO(page.read())
         f = gzip.GzipFile(fileobj=buf)
-        if scan_content(f.read().splitlines(), regexp, whitelist):
+        if scan_content(f.read().splitlines(), regexp, allow_list):
             logs_with_errors.append(name)
     return logs_with_errors
 
 
-def scan_content(content, regexp, whitelist):
+def scan_content(content, regexp, allow_list):
     had_errors = False
     for line in content:
         if not line.startswith("Stderr:") and regexp.match(line):
-            whitelisted = False
-            for w in whitelist:
+            allowed = False
+            for w in allow_list:
                 pat = ".*%s.*%s.*" % (w['module'].replace('.', '\\.'),
                                       w['message'])
                 if re.match(pat, line):
-                    whitelisted = True
+                    allowed = True
                     break
-            if not whitelisted or dump_all_errors:
-                if not whitelisted:
+            if not allowed or dump_all_errors:
+                if not allowed:
                     had_errors = True
     return had_errors
 
@@ -105,9 +105,9 @@
         print("Must provide exactly one of -d or -u")
         return 1
     print("Checking logs...")
-    WHITELIST_FILE = os.path.join(
+    ALLOW_LIST_FILE = os.path.join(
         os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))),
-        "etc", "whitelist.yaml")
+        "etc", "allow-list.yaml")
 
     file_matcher = re.compile(r".*screen-([\w-]+)\.log")
     files = []
@@ -132,17 +132,17 @@
         if m:
             urls_to_process.append((m.group(1), u))
 
-    whitelists = {}
-    with open(WHITELIST_FILE) as stream:
+    allow_lists = {}
+    with open(ALLOW_LIST_FILE) as stream:
         loaded = yaml.safe_load(stream)
         if loaded:
             for (name, l) in six.iteritems(loaded):
                 for w in l:
                     assert 'module' in w, 'no module in %s' % name
                     assert 'message' in w, 'no message in %s' % name
-            whitelists = loaded
+            allow_lists = loaded
     logs_with_errors = process_files(files_to_process, urls_to_process,
-                                     whitelists)
+                                     allow_lists)
 
     failed = False
     if logs_with_errors:
@@ -164,14 +164,14 @@
 
 
 usage = """
-Find non-white-listed log errors in log files from a devstack-gate run.
+Find non-allow-listed log errors in log files from a devstack-gate run.
 Log files will be searched for ERROR or CRITICAL messages. If any
-error messages do not match any of the whitelist entries contained in
-etc/whitelist.yaml, those messages will be printed to the console and
+error messages do not match any of the allow-list entries contained in
+etc/allow-list.yaml, those messages will be printed to the console and
 failure will be returned. A file directory containing logs or a url to the
 log files of an OpenStack gate job can be provided.
 
-The whitelist yaml looks like:
+The allow-list yaml looks like:
 
 log-name:
     - module: "a.b.c"
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
     - module: "a.b.c"
       message: "regexp"
 
-repeated for each log file with a whitelist.
+repeated for each log file with an allow-list.
 """
 
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=usage)
diff --git a/tools/generate-tempest-plugins-list.py b/tools/generate-tempest-plugins-list.py
index 618c388..415ad05 100644
--- a/tools/generate-tempest-plugins-list.py
+++ b/tools/generate-tempest-plugins-list.py
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@
 
 # List of projects having tempest plugin stale or unmaintained for a long time
 # (6 months or more)
-# TODO(masayukig): Some of these can be removed from BLACKLIST in the future
-# when the patches are merged.
-BLACKLIST = [
+# TODO(masayukig): Some of these can be removed from NON_ACTIVE_LIST in the
+# future when the patches are merged.
+NON_ACTIVE_LIST = [
     'x/gce-api',  # It looks gce-api doesn't support python3 yet.
     'x/glare',  # To avoid sanity-job failure
     'x/group-based-policy',  # It looks this doesn't support python3 yet.
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     'x/tap-as-a-service',  # To avoid sanity-job failure
     'x/valet',  # https://review.opendev.org/#/c/638339/
     'x/kingbird',  # https://bugs.launchpad.net/kingbird/+bug/1869722
-    # vmware-nsx is blacklisted since https://review.opendev.org/#/c/736952
+    # vmware-nsx is excluded since https://review.opendev.org/#/c/736952
     'x/vmware-nsx-tempest-plugin',
 ]
 
@@ -86,10 +86,10 @@
         False
 
 
-if len(sys.argv) > 1 and sys.argv[1] == 'blacklist':
-    for black_plugin in BLACKLIST:
-        print(black_plugin)
-    # We just need BLACKLIST when we use this `blacklist` option.
+if len(sys.argv) > 1 and sys.argv[1] == 'nonactivelist':
+    for non_active_plugin in NON_ACTIVE_LIST:
+        print(non_active_plugin)
+    # We just need NON_ACTIVE_LIST when we use this `nonactivelist` option.
     # So, this exits here.
     sys.exit()
 
diff --git a/tools/generate-tempest-plugins-list.sh b/tools/generate-tempest-plugins-list.sh
index 33675ed..4430bbf 100755
--- a/tools/generate-tempest-plugins-list.sh
+++ b/tools/generate-tempest-plugins-list.sh
@@ -81,17 +81,17 @@
 
 printf "\n\n"
 
-# Print BLACKLIST
-if [[ -r doc/source/data/tempest-blacklisted-plugins-registry.header ]]; then
-    cat doc/source/data/tempest-blacklisted-plugins-registry.header
+# Print NON_ACTIVE_LIST
+if [[ -r doc/source/data/tempest-non-active-plugins-registry.header ]]; then
+    cat doc/source/data/tempest-non-active-plugins-registry.header
 fi
 
-blacklist=$(python tools/generate-tempest-plugins-list.py blacklist)
-name_col_len=$(echo "${blacklist}" | wc -L)
+nonactivelist=$(python tools/generate-tempest-plugins-list.py nonactivelist)
+name_col_len=$(echo "${nonactivelist}" | wc -L)
 name_col_len=$(( name_col_len + 20 ))
 
 printf "\n\n"
-print_plugin_table "${blacklist}"
+print_plugin_table "${nonactivelist}"
 
 printf "\n\n"
 
diff --git a/tools/tempest-integrated-gate-compute-blacklist.txt b/tools/tempest-integrated-gate-compute-exclude-list.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/tempest-integrated-gate-compute-blacklist.txt
rename to tools/tempest-integrated-gate-compute-exclude-list.txt
diff --git a/tools/tempest-integrated-gate-networking-blacklist.txt b/tools/tempest-integrated-gate-networking-exclude-list.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/tempest-integrated-gate-networking-blacklist.txt
rename to tools/tempest-integrated-gate-networking-exclude-list.txt
diff --git a/tools/tempest-integrated-gate-object-storage-blacklist.txt b/tools/tempest-integrated-gate-object-storage-exclude-list.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/tempest-integrated-gate-object-storage-blacklist.txt
rename to tools/tempest-integrated-gate-object-storage-exclude-list.txt
diff --git a/tools/tempest-integrated-gate-placement-blacklist.txt b/tools/tempest-integrated-gate-placement-exclude-list.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/tempest-integrated-gate-placement-blacklist.txt
rename to tools/tempest-integrated-gate-placement-exclude-list.txt
diff --git a/tools/tempest-integrated-gate-storage-blacklist.txt b/tools/tempest-integrated-gate-storage-blacklist.txt
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..2d691f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tempest-integrated-gate-storage-blacklist.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+tempest-integrated-gate-storage-exclude-list.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/tempest-integrated-gate-storage-blacklist.txt b/tools/tempest-integrated-gate-storage-exclude-list.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/tempest-integrated-gate-storage-blacklist.txt
rename to tools/tempest-integrated-gate-storage-exclude-list.txt
diff --git a/tools/tempest-plugin-sanity.sh b/tools/tempest-plugin-sanity.sh
index c983da9..106a9c6 100644
--- a/tools/tempest-plugin-sanity.sh
+++ b/tools/tempest-plugin-sanity.sh
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 # retrieve a list of projects having tempest plugins
 PROJECT_LIST="$(python tools/generate-tempest-plugins-list.py)"
 
-BLACKLIST="$(python tools/generate-tempest-plugins-list.py blacklist)"
+NON_ACTIVE_LIST="$(python tools/generate-tempest-plugins-list.py nonactivelist)"
 
 # Function to clone project using zuul-cloner or from git
 function clone_project {
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@
 failed_plugin=''
 # Perform sanity on all tempest plugin projects
 for project in $PROJECT_LIST; do
-    # Remove blacklisted tempest plugins
-    if ! [[ `echo $BLACKLIST | grep -c $project ` -gt 0 ]]; then
+    # Remove non-active tempest plugins
+    if ! [[ `echo $NON_ACTIVE_LIST | grep -c $project ` -gt 0 ]]; then
         plugin_sanity_check $project && passed_plugin+=", $project" || \
         failed_plugin+="$project, " > $SANITY_DIR/$project.txt
     fi
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index d8e059a..c01852b 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tox]
 envlist = pep8,py36,py38,bashate,pip-check-reqs
-minversion = 3.1.1
+minversion = 3.18.0
 skipsdist = True
 ignore_basepython_conflict = True
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 passenv = OS_STDOUT_CAPTURE OS_STDERR_CAPTURE OS_TEST_TIMEOUT OS_TEST_LOCK_PATH TEMPEST_CONFIG TEMPEST_CONFIG_DIR http_proxy HTTP_PROXY https_proxy HTTPS_PROXY no_proxy NO_PROXY ZUUL_CACHE_DIR REQUIREMENTS_PIP_LOCATION GENERATE_TEMPEST_PLUGIN_LIST
 usedevelop = True
 install_command = pip install {opts} {packages}
-whitelist_externals = *
+allowlist_externals = *
 deps =
     -c{env:UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_FILE:https://releases.openstack.org/constraints/upper/master}
     -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
 deps = {[tempestenv]deps}
 # The regex below is used to select which tests to run and exclude the slow tag:
 # See the testrepository bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/testrepository/+bug/1208610
-# FIXME: We can replace it with the `--black-regex` option to exclude tests now.
+# FIXME: We can replace it with the `--exclude-regex` option to exclude tests now.
 commands =
     find . -type f -name "*.pyc" -delete
     tempest run --regex '(?!.*\[.*\bslow\b.*\])(^tempest\.api)' {posargs}
@@ -132,11 +132,11 @@
 setenv = {[tempestenv]setenv}
 deps = {[tempestenv]deps}
 # The regex below is used to select which tests to run and exclude the slow tag and
-# tests listed in blacklist file:
+# tests listed in exclude-list file:
 commands =
     find . -type f -name "*.pyc" -delete
-    tempest run --regex '(?!.*\[.*\bslow\b.*\])(^tempest\.api)' --blacklist_file ./tools/tempest-integrated-gate-networking-blacklist.txt {posargs}
-    tempest run --combine --serial --regex '(?!.*\[.*\bslow\b.*\])(^tempest\.scenario)' --blacklist_file ./tools/tempest-integrated-gate-networking-blacklist.txt {posargs}
+    tempest run --regex '(?!.*\[.*\bslow\b.*\])(^tempest\.api)' --exclude-list ./tools/tempest-integrated-gate-networking-exclude-list.txt {posargs}
+    tempest run --combine --serial --regex '(?!.*\[.*\bslow\b.*\])(^tempest\.scenario)' --exlude-list ./tools/tempest-integrated-gate-networking-exclude-list.txt {posargs}
 
 [testenv:integrated-compute]
 envdir = .tox/tempest
@@ -145,11 +145,11 @@
 setenv = {[tempestenv]setenv}
 deps = {[tempestenv]deps}
 # The regex below is used to select which tests to run and exclude the slow tag and
-# tests listed in blacklist file:
+# tests listed in exclude-list file:
 commands =
     find . -type f -name "*.pyc" -delete
-    tempest run --regex '(?!.*\[.*\bslow\b.*\])(^tempest\.api)' --blacklist_file ./tools/tempest-integrated-gate-compute-blacklist.txt {posargs}
-    tempest run --combine --serial --regex '(?!.*\[.*\bslow\b.*\])(^tempest\.scenario)' --blacklist_file ./tools/tempest-integrated-gate-compute-blacklist.txt {posargs}
+    tempest run --regex '(?!.*\[.*\bslow\b.*\])(^tempest\.api)' --exclude-list ./tools/tempest-integrated-gate-compute-exclude-list.txt {posargs}
+    tempest run --combine --serial --regex '(?!.*\[.*\bslow\b.*\])(^tempest\.scenario)' --exclude-list ./tools/tempest-integrated-gate-compute-exclude-list.txt {posargs}
 
 [testenv:integrated-placement]
 envdir = .tox/tempest
@@ -158,11 +158,11 @@
 setenv = {[tempestenv]setenv}
 deps = {[tempestenv]deps}
 # The regex below is used to select which tests to run and exclude the slow tag and
-# tests listed in blacklist file:
+# tests listed in exclude-list file:
 commands =
     find . -type f -name "*.pyc" -delete
-    tempest run --regex '(?!.*\[.*\bslow\b.*\])(^tempest\.api)' --blacklist_file ./tools/tempest-integrated-gate-placement-blacklist.txt {posargs}
-    tempest run --combine --serial --regex '(?!.*\[.*\bslow\b.*\])(^tempest\.scenario)' --blacklist_file ./tools/tempest-integrated-gate-placement-blacklist.txt {posargs}
+    tempest run --regex '(?!.*\[.*\bslow\b.*\])(^tempest\.api)' --exclude-list ./tools/tempest-integrated-gate-placement-exclude-list.txt {posargs}
+    tempest run --combine --serial --regex '(?!.*\[.*\bslow\b.*\])(^tempest\.scenario)' --exclude-list ./tools/tempest-integrated-gate-placement-exclude-list.txt {posargs}
 
 [testenv:integrated-storage]
 envdir = .tox/tempest
@@ -171,11 +171,11 @@
 setenv = {[tempestenv]setenv}
 deps = {[tempestenv]deps}
 # The regex below is used to select which tests to run and exclude the slow tag and
-# tests listed in blacklist file:
+# tests listed in exclude-list file:
 commands =
     find . -type f -name "*.pyc" -delete
-    tempest run --regex '(?!.*\[.*\bslow\b.*\])(^tempest\.api)' --blacklist_file ./tools/tempest-integrated-gate-storage-blacklist.txt {posargs}
-    tempest run --combine --serial --regex '(?!.*\[.*\bslow\b.*\])(^tempest\.scenario)' --blacklist_file ./tools/tempest-integrated-gate-storage-blacklist.txt {posargs}
+    tempest run --regex '(?!.*\[.*\bslow\b.*\])(^tempest\.api)' --exclude-list ./tools/tempest-integrated-gate-storage-exclude-list.txt {posargs}
+    tempest run --combine --serial --regex '(?!.*\[.*\bslow\b.*\])(^tempest\.scenario)' --exclude-list ./tools/tempest-integrated-gate-storage-exclude-list.txt {posargs}
 
 [testenv:integrated-object-storage]
 envdir = .tox/tempest
@@ -184,11 +184,11 @@
 setenv = {[tempestenv]setenv}
 deps = {[tempestenv]deps}
 # The regex below is used to select which tests to run and exclude the slow tag and
-# tests listed in blacklist file:
+# tests listed in exclude-list file:
 commands =
     find . -type f -name "*.pyc" -delete
-    tempest run --regex '(?!.*\[.*\bslow\b.*\])(^tempest\.api)' --blacklist_file ./tools/tempest-integrated-gate-object-storage-blacklist.txt {posargs}
-    tempest run --combine --serial --regex '(?!.*\[.*\bslow\b.*\])(^tempest\.scenario)' --blacklist_file ./tools/tempest-integrated-gate-object-storage-blacklist.txt {posargs}
+    tempest run --regex '(?!.*\[.*\bslow\b.*\])(^tempest\.api)' --exclude-list ./tools/tempest-integrated-gate-object-storage-exclude-list.txt {posargs}
+    tempest run --combine --serial --regex '(?!.*\[.*\bslow\b.*\])(^tempest\.scenario)' --exclude-list ./tools/tempest-integrated-gate-object-storage-exclude-list.txt {posargs}
 
 [testenv:full-serial]
 envdir = .tox/tempest
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
 deps = {[tempestenv]deps}
 # The regex below is used to select which tests to run and exclude the slow tag:
 # See the testrepository bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/testrepository/+bug/1208610
-# FIXME: We can replace it with the `--black-regex` option to exclude tests now.
+# FIXME: We can replace it with the `--exclude-regex` option to exclude tests now.
 commands =
     find . -type f -name "*.pyc" -delete
     tempest run --serial --regex '(?!.*\[.*\bslow\b.*\])(^tempest\.(api|scenario))' {posargs}
@@ -290,12 +290,12 @@
   sphinx-apidoc -f -o doc/source/tests/volume tempest/api/volume
   rm -rf doc/build
   sphinx-build -W -b html doc/source doc/build/html
-whitelist_externals =
+allowlist_externals =
     rm
 
 [testenv:pdf-docs]
 deps = {[testenv:docs]deps}
-whitelist_externals =
+allowlist_externals =
    rm
    make
 commands =
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@
   rm -rf releasenotes/build
   sphinx-build -a -E -W -d releasenotes/build/doctrees \
          -b html releasenotes/source releasenotes/build/html
-whitelist_externals = rm
+allowlist_externals = rm
 
 [testenv:bashate]
 # if you want to test out some changes you have made to bashate
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@
 # modified bashate tree
 deps =
    {env:BASHATE_INSTALL_PATH:bashate}
-whitelist_externals = bash
+allowlist_externals = bash
 commands = bash -c "find {toxinidir}/tools    \
          -not \( -type d -name .?\* -prune \) \
          -type f                              \
@@ -406,6 +406,6 @@
 
 [testenv:plugin-sanity-check]
 # perform tempest plugin sanity
-whitelist_externals = bash
+allowlist_externals = bash
 commands =
   bash tools/tempest-plugin-sanity.sh