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'Master' and 'slave': Tech terms face scrutiny amid anti-racism efforts
JPortici:
--- Quote from: james_s on July 19, 2020, 02:51:08 am ---At least the "N-word" has no other meaning that I'm aware of, it's relatively unique in that regard, not like it's been used for decades to describe something else that has nothing at all to do with racism the way master, slave and others. I'm much more supportive of voluntarily retiring a word that has no other use other than as a highly offensive slur. As long as people continue to use it, it will remain in circulation but it's easy enough to not use it myself.
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it is litterally a surname here (Negro / dal Negro <- very known local card manufacturer), there are also other "funny" surnames such as a colloquial term for semen but they are all slowly fading away
It's also in the name of some mountains here in the dolomites (Cima Negra / Croda Negra but that must be because the rock is darker, certainly not because they wanted to denigrate african americans. Gladly no propositions of changing mountain names so far, although they did change the name of a few huts like the Negerhütte - because the walls were painted black -)
Simon:
We have 3 mountains in the lake district, "Cockup" "Little Cockup" and "Great Cockup", no idea how they got those names. Maybe we should change the names as they clearly take the micky out of people that make cockups.
Ed.Kloonk:
1951.
stefan_trekkie:
There is many languages in the world. In my own native lang. we use /in translation/ something like - Primary and secondary and also more levels dawn 3-4-5 etc .. But the point, I believe is to erase some history .To be one big happy zombie family in the end :--.. There is many bad things happened in the past, specially in 19th and 20th century or just maybe they are more documented by newer technology and we know more about them ..
EEVblog:
--- Quote from: Simon on July 19, 2020, 09:09:21 am ---We have 3 mountains in the lake district, "Cockup" "Little Cockup" and "Great Cockup", no idea how they got those names. Maybe we should change the names as they clearly take the micky out of people that make cockups.
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Clearly named to spread cis-hetero normative patriarchal oppression. Rename immediately!
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