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

--- Quote from: Simon on June 15, 2020, 08:39:29 pm ---a character who is clearly dullalli being a bit racist is not saying that what he says is right, it is an example of the crazily unacceptable things that even in the 70's were unacceptable that a dullalli old man might say.

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But... the way modern media works is simple.  You make one media influence people's desire to consume some other media.  You make one product influence people's desire to buy another product.

They have created a very strong relationship between media, products and influencing people with them, so much so that they believe they must remove all content and all products that might influence people negatively.  This would harm their brands... and actually that is where we fight back.


--- Quote ---"Brand" - an identifying mark burned on livestock or (especially in former times) criminals or slaves with a branding iron.

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When you, the slave, wear your Nike trainers, at least today they don't use a hot iron to brand you.

Plenty of retort ammunition here:
http://www.understandingslavery.com/index.php-option=com_glossary&view=glossary&Itemid=89.html
tom66:
I'd like to see social media peeps complain about slavery when they use an Apple iPhone, whose supply chain almost certainly involves some form of modern slavery, given China's treatment of the Uyghur Muslims.

I think modern day slavery is more important than something that happened 100 years ago and therefore the terms master/slave, are just so inconsequential it makes me wonder whether people's priorities are centred on improving the real world or just feeling good about making a change.
daqq:
So many pages and I still haven't been given any explanation as to how a word that accurately describes a relationship between two entities, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity or anything, and is used on non-living objects is racist. Oh well.
Simon:

--- Quote from: daqq on June 16, 2020, 10:54:58 am ---So many pages and I still haven't been given any explanation as to how a word that accurately describes a relationship between two entities, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity or anything, and is used on non-living objects is racist. Oh well.

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But that is the entire point! It's stupid.
coppice:
The media in the UK are being so insensitive to the sense of self-worth of retail employees this week, describing most of them as non-essential.  :)
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