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As I am disappointed by the callousness of these changes and how little they achieve. Words matter and terminology matters. My main problem with these changes
by allanmacgregor 6y ago
As I am disappointed by the callousness of these changes and how little they achieve. Words matter and terminology matters.
My main problem with these changes is that they seem to be done with the intention of virtue signaling by a bunch of white dudes.
Fail to consider:
- 90% of the world doesn't share the US experience or baggage with the terminology
- Changing standard terminology breaks communication standards, tutorials, and ubiquitous language we use to communicate in our profession.
Finally, this sets a precedent and can and will devolve wasting time, development efforts and making things worse without creating any meaningful positive change.
The other trend going on right now is dropping `master` from use on git repositories, when in reality `master` in that context has nothing to do with race.
Where do we stop? Should we start going after universities for using the term master's degree?
Do we need to boycott the World Chess Championship since chess is inherently racist; after all White moves first!!!
I'm all from inclusivity, for making people feel welcomed, and for us to build a better society; I just don't agree this is how we do it.