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The terms are gross and by no means necessary, but changing them also does not do anything to improve anyone's life. It's an empty, performative gesture unless
by chadlavi 6y ago
The terms are gross and by no means necessary, but changing them also does not do anything to improve anyone's life. It's an empty, performative gesture unless accompanied by a lot of bigger structural and organizational changes at Twitter. You can't just "tada, we fixed racism."
- jaekash 6y ago> The terms are gross and by no means necessary No they are not. Slavery is gross, a master git repo is not gross - because it has nothing to do with actual slavery.
- sdoering 6y agoThese terms are actually quite precise describing a relationship between two technical systems. I have yet to hear other words having the same precision. Btw.: Imho no ethnic group has a sole claim to the victimhood role as historical slavery. To name a few examples of that: * My (white, European) ancestors were slaves of the Romans. * My (white, European) ancestors were slaves of the same (white, European) (here noble) ancestors. * My (white, European) ancestors were holders of (Jewish) slaves. So should I ask for the removal of this word from regular, technical use? I do not feel that way.
- Hamuko 6y ago>It's an empty, performative gesture unless accompanied by a lot of bigger structural and organizational changes at Twitter. It's a bit hard to take Twitter's stance seriously after they have tried so hard not to intervene with @realDonaldTrump.