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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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[-] sping@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[-] Kir@feddit.it 2 points 1 year ago

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

[-] whatsarefoogee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It does to people who are absolutely obsessed with race and see it everywhere they look.

[-] gornar@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

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

[-] sping@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Kir@feddit.it 0 points 1 year ago

This has absolutely nothing to do with racial features.

[-] The_Infinite_Monkey@lemdit.com 2 points 1 year ago

I don’t think you understand the pervasiveness of racial animosity.

[-] clehaxze@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] lemann@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

unless post-graduate degrees are racist

this gave me a good laugh

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