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it seems the end game of this is to disappear the words slave and master from our vocabulary, so we can't express those ideas anymore and let slavery expand unh
by slim 6y ago
it seems the end game of this is to disappear the words slave and master from our vocabulary, so we can't express those ideas anymore and let slavery expand unhindered
- tartoran 6y agoIf the words were to dissapear from the dictionay (which is not happening btw) then we’d invent others, don’t worry. I find this change somewhat futile as it will not make people less racist, but if it offends black people we could go with a diferent term, why not? I always found master/slave a bit too idiomatic. I imagined a hardrive whipping the other form time to time. This picture is painful to some, lets update it and show we’re willing to do good. Im worried though that the change will amount to these types of changes, removing statues, adding disclaimets in history books, old movies etc and then no real change (as in needed change) will emerge. Hope im wrong though
- guggle 6y ago> but if it offends black people we could go with a diferent term, why not? How do we know black people are offended by the terminology of midi clocks ?
- ardy42 6y ago> it seems the end game of this is to disappear the words slave and master from our vocabulary, so we can't express those ideas anymore and let slavery expand unhindered No, you're engaging in inaccurate hyperbole. The end game for these efforts will be to make "slave" a more precise and specific term, not to erase it entirely. Does the existence of the terms "pork" (pig meat) and "pig" (animal source of pork) strike you as Newspeak?
- allanmacgregor 6y agoNext Target, chess! An Inherently racist game were White fights against Black, and where the White privilege is clearly documented as White gets to move first.