Sorry for the lack of formatting, can't figure out why the board did that.
NO...The white is the neutral. You switch the black wire. Also, Who added that blue crimp connection and why? It looks like a neutral is tied to a Green ground wire (can't realy tell with my colorblindness)The switch should be wired in line with the white wire, correct?
Please don't do anything dangerous - you are worrying me. I would definitely not invent colors to use. Keep it consistent.....I put the red wire on the white wire. I'll move it to the black wire. It's an extension so I can wire up the switch. Red is the color I have. It's interesting that black is power for AC.