If the terminology is (1) non-descriptive (it is, especially in comparison to the various _alternatives_ that describe very different scenarios) and (2) offensi

If the terminology is (1) non-descriptive (it is, especially in comparison to the various _alternatives_ that describe very different scenarios) and (2) offensive to people, why not change it? But let‘s be clear: there’s a race problem in technology, just as there’s a gender problem in technology. If someone whose ancestors were enslaved were working in technology and encountered the terms master/slave … how would they feel? Would this be another of the thousands of microagressions that they face working in technology today? Would they ultimately leave technology because they can’t get any of their white coworkers to take these microaggressions seriously? The answer, of course, is an ongoing yes to all of those. This is a trivial way to remove offensive microaggressions, and the pushback that is being received to this makes it very clear to racialized peoples that the real privilege is in the people who object to these inaccurate and offensive terms being changed for something more accurate and inoffensive.