wow just wow while i can’t say i didn’t see this one coming but it always amazes me where greed could lead someone

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    I do think dropping master is absurd, since it in no way implies slavery or any such thing. master mostly has uses that are entirely inoffensive, unless post-graduate degrees are racist, for example.

    But I do think there is some merit in moving off the idea of white is good and black is bad. There are some good arguments that we shouldn’t bestow magic powers upon words, but there is also a lot of merit in the idea that these words affect our perception in negative ways and there is really nothing lost by shifting to equally good alternatives.

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      The idea of “black list” has nothing to do with black people, to my understending

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          If the terms were reversed, you might think differently! We’re not always aware of our own bias, but we can strive to examine how we think about things instead of making snap judgements

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        That’s not the issue. The issue is inherently seeing white as meaning good and black as meaning bad.

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      Maybe it’s my culture. I think of master as the “master of kung-fu/art/sword/”. Something or someone that have earned respect and is at the core of it’s field.

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        Yes, I entirely agree. A masterpiece, or mastering an art, or more relevant to software branches: master tapes. None of these imply any sort of subjugation etc…

        But… that’s just about the word “master”. I do think there are other terms that it’s a good idea to migrate away from.