why do so many open source software programs have racist names
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Ironically, the actual word "slave" comes from "Slav" and is specifically because the Slavic peoples were frequently conquered and forced into servitude by other cultures in the Middle Ages It could be considered an ethnic slur
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It goes full circle, it was once commonly believed that the Serbs were named after the Latin root "servus" because of being frequently trafficked as slaves, although this is now believed to be a false etymology
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