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> Do these terms really evoke slavery for anyone? No they do not. > So, is "master" an racist word now? I don't think it is racist, I think more discriminato

• clusterfish 6y ago
  But... how are these terms discriminatory? To me this feels like claiming that "oh my god" is a religious saying. It certainly was at some point in history when everyone was religious, just like "master bedroom" probably referred to actual masters at some point, but today neither carry the full palette of the original meaning. Today atheists and non believers routinely use "oh my god" with no intent to make a statement in support of religion, just as people use various "master" terms without any reference to slavery or patriarchy or whatever else the word "master" used to mean to people 100 years ago. Like, even the word "lady" is apparently offensive now. To me it's just one of the respectful ways to refer to a woman ("the lady at the counter said ..."). What is this madness we got ourselves into... harmless but old fashioned words are not relevant to the real discrimination problems we're facing.