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'Master' and 'slave': Tech terms face scrutiny amid anti-racism efforts
coppice:
--- Quote from: Nominal Animal on June 24, 2020, 12:58:45 pm ---Yes, well, the less we mention the evil, the weaker the evil gets, right? If we stop using all unjust terms and speak of no evil, :clap: we'll :clap: live :clap: in :clap: peaceful :clap: utopia :clap: for :clap: eternity! :clap:
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but people who know the electronics industry know Utopia really exists - http://www.tatung.com (yes, their name is the Chinese for Utopia).
madires:
--- Quote from: Nominal Animal on June 24, 2020, 10:33:22 am ---
--- Quote from: madires on June 24, 2020, 09:48:07 am ---History tells us that in Africa black masters had black slaves, and some made a fortune by selling slaves to the westerners.
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"Had"? Slavery is still a problem in Africa today.
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... and still have. But all that is ignored by the people wanting to ban the terms master, slave and so on. It's a social media frenzy which pops up from time to time. The sad thing is that some companies hop on and amplify the frenzy while it's really easy to research the topic to get the facts and a complete picture.
--- Quote from: Nominal Animal on June 24, 2020, 10:33:22 am ---Apparently, it is only historical slavery by whites that is offensive.
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And when someone blames only the whites for slavery despite facts and history clearly showing that blacks and others had/have slaves also, it can be called racism against whites. And ironically those "someones" are whites. Ouch! :palm:
SilverSolder:
--- Quote from: Nominal Animal on June 24, 2020, 12:58:45 pm ---
--- Quote from: SilverSolder on June 24, 2020, 12:27:23 pm ---
--- Quote from: Nominal Animal on June 24, 2020, 10:33:22 am ---
--- Quote from: madires on June 24, 2020, 09:48:07 am ---History tells us that in Africa black masters had black slaves, and some made a fortune by selling slaves to the westerners.
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"Had"? Slavery is still a problem in Africa today.
Apparently, it is only historical slavery by whites that is offensive.
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How-so-ever that may be, changing the names of communications roles played by integrated electronic circuits is sure to solve all the problems! :-DD
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Yes, well, the less we mention the evil, the weaker the evil gets, right? If we stop using all unjust terms and speak of no evil, :clap: we'll :clap: live :clap: in :clap: peaceful :clap: utopia :clap: for :clap: eternity! :clap:
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The child-like naiveté of it is almost touching. It is a little sad when someone wants to help, wants to make a difference, and ends up wedded to a misguided plan. It is kind of a solar roadway project, in a way... well meant, superficially looks good, attracts plenty of interest due to looking somewhat plausible, but woefully short on effectiveness when you look under the covers.
SerieZ:
This whole Topic reminds me that we are trapped in a big mental asylum build on a rock floating through space.
Kids who never suffered their ancestors injustice complaining to people who had no part in anything of it either over terms which are not related to what happened in the slightest.
The biggest problem is that these folks don't realize the only thing holding them down is their own group... just like a bucket of crabs.
coppice:
--- Quote from: SerieZ on June 24, 2020, 01:31:47 pm ---The biggest problem is that these folks don't realize the only thing holding them down is their own group... just like a bucket of crabs.
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Its quite normal to see this happening in disadvantaged groups. Many working class kids try to shame anyone in their group who tries, through hard work or raw talent, to make progress in life. The colour of their skin is irrelevant.
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