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'Master' and 'slave': Tech terms face scrutiny amid anti-racism efforts
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Simon:
It seems just calling things what hey are can be offensive. I have heard of a children, very young child being chastised for saying that he friend was the colour of chocolate. I mean I see the logic and the child was too young to understand "hangups".
SilverSolder:
I have always hung out with "specials", instinctively.  Nothing bores me more than straight down the highway people doing everything "right".

james_s:
Recently it was discussed at work that asking someone "where are you from" could be offensive and it was suggested instead to ask them "where is it that you call home". I'm genuinely confused because to me these statements mean exactly the same thing  :-// except the former is nice and direct and the latter feels convoluted and unnatural, almost like trying to talk like Yoda. How the hell is it offensive to ask someone where they're from? We're all from somewhere, I enjoy hearing the stories of people who have immigrated here and learning about the place they grew up in.

Then there's the term "People Of Color", is that not the same as saying "Colored People"? The latter is considered offensive, the former to me sounds the same as the latter so I don't use either.
themadhippy:
No better an example of the liberal lefty do gooders missing the point entirely,banned by the BBC because it might offend
PlainName:

--- Quote ---"where are you from" could be offensive
--- End quote ---

I guess it might be interpreted as being 'where were you born?' whereas 'where is it that you call home' can only reasonably be interpreted very narrowly as where are they living right now (except... they might be living away from home...).

It's quite subtle and would require the person being questioned to be offended before considering what the question means, IMO. I would say that anyone not assuming it meant 'where is home' is expecting to be put upon.

Except... I am white. Suppose I was an African American - if someone asked me that I might well think they are asking my birth country since it wouldn't be obvious (not that being white makes it any simpler, just the assumptions are fewer) and I might have been asked that specifically before.
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