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Use 'blocklist' instead of 'blacklist'

Sam Thursfield requested to merge sam/tracker-2.3-blocklist into tracker-2.3

The word 'blacklist' comes from the medieval term 'black book'. However, since 'black' is now used to describe people we should avoid additional negative associations with it. Use 'blocklist'.

See also: https://www.zdnet.com/article/github-to-replace-master-with-alternative-term-to-avoid-slavery-references/

See: tracker-miners#112 (closed)

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