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'Master' and 'slave': Tech terms face scrutiny amid anti-racism efforts

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james_s:

--- Quote from: ejeffrey on July 06, 2020, 08:17:09 pm ---They obviously got past it and don't think that the majority of people using these terms are trying to hurt them.  But here is the thing: I'm old.  I'm not going to be practicing in this field forever.  So if this is an inconvenience for me (which it most definitely is) but creates better clearer terminology that also might reduced the alienation some of younger people feel starting off in a field where they already stand out as different, why would I object?

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Because it's stupid? Because it will never end? Because it doesn't actually accomplish anything except create extra work? Just look at how quickly the list is expanding and tell me with a straight face that people will ever decide the goal has been achieved and stop trying to change words. Some of us are not as old and still have a good portion of our careers ahead. Think of how many man-hours are consumed changing words and then everyone learning all the new words for stuff they already knew, this is not trivial. Heck just look at how much time has collectively been wasted in this thread, the entire thing is as I believe Dave would say, a "nothing burger."

Context matters, period. If someone has a problem with a word and chooses to ignore the meaning then that is a problem with their own perception that only they can solve. Perhaps they need to seek therapy to deal with their feelings instead of expecting te entire rest of the world to bend over backwards to coddle them.

As I said earlier, I find this ridiculous euphemism treadmill and the fact that people are jumping to conclusions, and trying to force me to keep adapting to a continuous stream of new terms offensive, but of course none of those people care if I'm offended, it's all about them.

paulca:
Police:  Can you describe your attacker?
You:  No.  I can't.
Police: Did you not see them?
You: Yes, but I can't desribe them
Police: Why?

Well if I said they were a man, that's gender stereo-typing, if I told you the colour of their skin that's racism....   [and so on]

Kjelt:

--- Quote from: SkyMaster on July 06, 2020, 07:48:44 pm ---I wonder if a person is hit on the forehead if this person still black out.

If the person is hit on an eye, will the person have a black eye.

And when we turn off the light at night, is it still pitch black.

 :)

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At least except for the first case we don't have those problems in our country  :)

The black eye is called a blue eye
The pitch black is called  git black or dick black (no i do not make this up)

TimFox:
When I first learned of "black holes" in astrophysics, the professor mentioned that the Russian phrase translated to "frozen stars", since the literal translation from English to Russian was obscene.  Language is tricky.

ejeffrey:

--- Quote from: SkyMaster on July 06, 2020, 07:48:44 pm ---I wonder if a person is hit on the forehead if this person still black out.

If the person is hit on an eye, will the person have a black eye.

And when we turn off the light at night, is it still pitch black.

 :)

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All of those are using black to refer to the color rather than value.

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