So here's a question, particularly for POCs. Is "master" a problematic word when not juxtaposed with "slave"? My guess is not, because the word has a much broader meaning in English, but I'd like to hear your thoughts.
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I asked my wife - a POC, and she thinks the whole topic is ridiculous. What on earth makes you think that policing the word master and slave is in any way helpful?
People have different reactions to those words, and "slave" in particular has an unquestionably dark history. But also, as I've said before, usage of "master/slave" in tech is inconsistent and just bad from a technical standpoint.
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If your code uses the N-word that would be one thing to fix But all races have suffered slavery in their history- not just African Americans, and there are slaves even today in many places If you want to help, perhaps it would be worth raising awareness about that instead
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Wait, how does that make the terminology any better? That other people might also find it problematic?
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