> behave like racists Please, note, that English is not native language for all these people (me included). For us technical term is technical term, without em

> behave like racists Please, note, that English is not native language for all these people (me included). For us technical term is technical term, without emotional load. Why do we behave like racists? > “I don’t have anything in common with those racists” I disagree with term "racists" here, but I have many in common with these people, including knee-jerk reaction. But I force myself to stop this reaction and think like this: "It is not my native language, I can not feel emotional load of these terms, so I need to believe native speakers that it is a problem". It requires conscious effort from me, each time. > please don’t involve the Soviet trauma bs in that. Sorry, but I can not, because, again, I analyze my feelings and see roots of them. Yes, roots are in hate to USSR past and clear parallels which I see between USSR (or, if you want Orwellian) newspeak and changing of technical terms, which doesn't have any relation to slavery in USA ("black list" is black because it is list of crossed-out items, which makes lines in this list black, for example). But then I say to myself: "Stop. I'm not native spaaker, I'm not living in USA, I need to believe, that is change for better, because I cannot judge by myself, as I don't have same cultural background". Of course, all people are different, and it will be stupid to claim that everybody who live in ex-USSR ("extended") territory is the same, but I know, from discussions in my native language that many people (not all!) share these feelings.