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

--- Quote from: Zero999 on June 20, 2020, 03:16:31 pm ---What did the other players say? One would hope that if the coach was just singing along and wasn't being racist, they would have leapt to his defence.
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it was handled behind closed doors, probably nda and financial compensation because the Coach did not disclose much afterwards besides that he was shocked and disapointed.
Lets keep it to big cultural differences between what is ok and what is not. Scary.

I don't know how this exactly is going down in the US but I feel that if a person has such an accusation brought against him and it hits the news, everyone involved steps back and drops him as bad news. So much for innocent until found guilty.
james_s:

--- Quote from: coppice on June 20, 2020, 09:52:14 am ---How are they the same? The place I call home is the house I own now. The place I am from was my parents house when I was born (even though I was born in a hospital a few kilometres from that house). That's a personal view, though. A lot of people see those terms differently, but I think few will see them as being the same. Some feel a strong connection to their roots. For me, wherever I lay my hat, that's my hat stand.

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Because what I'm curious to know is where somebody grew up before immigrating to my country, not so I can judge them but so that I can form a connection, so I know something fundamental about them. If I ask that question in a different way it's still the same question, just worded differently. If people really don't want to tell others where they originated that's fine, but just say so, don't tell us to ask the question differently.
DimitriP:

--- Quote from: magic on June 20, 2020, 02:28:42 pm ---
--- Quote from: daqq on June 20, 2020, 10:59:33 am ---One of the issues: If you are going to change terminology every time someone is offended, you'll end up doing massive changes to terminology once a month.

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It's not about us, my fellow white people. That's a small price to pay for ending stereotypes and prejudice.

All these brave tech companies already took a hard stance on racism. Why is your name not on this list yet?
https://www.zdnet.com/article/github-to-replace-master-with-alternative-term-to-avoid-slavery-references/

I told you they will do it :-DD

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Support in public, fund in private:  (I wonder what the "approved" word to describe this would be )

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/18/police-foundations-nonprofits-amazon-target-microsoft
DimitriP:

--- Quote from: daqq on June 20, 2020, 10:59:33 am ---One of the issues: If you are going to change terminology every time someone is offended, you'll end up doing massive changes to terminology once a month.

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It doesn't have to be once a month.
It's the few months before an election that carry all the weight.
james_s:

--- Quote from: Zero999 on June 20, 2020, 03:16:31 pm ---One thing I've noticed is most people, of any colour, hate false accusations of racism. They feel it undermines everyone fighting for equality and there should be consequencies for anyone making false, malicious allegations. I think falsely accusing someone of racism, is a form of racism in itself and deserves a similar punishment.

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It's the same as accusing someone of being a witch, except that at least racism is a real thing and some people actually are racist. In both cases it's a serious accusation by which one is guilty until proven innocent and it is impossible to prove innocence. It's a convenient way to silence someone with which one disagrees.
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