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MK14:
Basically, this Master/Slave stuff, seems to be similar to what happened around 2007/9, some 12 years ago, and longer.
As well as the N******r banned word, there was also G******g (which I think has a long history).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golliwog

EDIT; Revised a lot. Left extract and details, within wiki, if anyone is interested.
coppice:

--- Quote from: dunkemhigh on July 22, 2020, 02:13:51 pm ---Chart-topping US country-pop group Lady Antebellum changed to Lady A because Antebellum has connotations with the slavery era.
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Antebellum just means before the war, and the US has so many of those to choose from.
madires:

--- Quote from: coppice on July 22, 2020, 02:47:47 pm ---
--- Quote from: dunkemhigh on July 22, 2020, 02:13:51 pm ---Chart-topping US country-pop group Lady Antebellum changed to Lady A because Antebellum has connotations with the slavery era.
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Antebellum just means before the war, and the US has so many of those to choose from.

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Or choose a classic one: De bello Gallico by Julius Caesar :D
TimFox:
In American language usage, "antebellum" usually signifies "before the Civil War", as in antebellum plantation architecture.  "Pre-war" in American real-estate usage usually means "before World War II".  Obviously, the literal meanings are identical (one Latin, the other English), just as are "supervisor" and "overseer".  Usage is a more subtle issue.  With a longer history, and more wars, European references will be different, since nobody remembers the War of the Austrian Succession anymore.
"And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet."  Gospel according to St Matthew, 24:6.
maginnovision:
https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/news/lady-antebellum-lady-a-country-blues-1013919/

Lady Antebellum changes name to Lady A which was already taken by a blues artist. Lady antebellum is an all white group and Lady A is a single black woman. Literally, trying to look good, caused harm to a person they would identify as a member of the group they're trying not to harm.


--- Quote ---“I’m not about to stop using my name. For them to not even reach out is pure privilege” — Anita White, known professionally as Lady A
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