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Is chess master also racially charged word ?
by neatze 6y ago
Is chess master also racially charged word ?
- josteink 6y agoThe new liberals and SJWs invading tech have decided that simply using the word “master” (just like you and I did now) makes you a racist, no matter what and “considering context” is something you’re not even allowed to suggest. Never mind the 12+ meanings[1] of the word not related to slavery. Tech is going to be so much fun now. [1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/master https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/master
- seamyb88 6y ago> “considering context” is something you’re not even allowed to suggest Funny, you just suggested it. Are you still alive?
- seamyb88 6y agoIf you have to ask then enjoy being purged.
- leonheart208 6y agoI don't think so. They aren't a master because of a chess slave. It's a title earned in a "fair" championship, as opposed to a title of ownership/dominion over the defeated players. Another parallel would be a master's degree (there is no slave's degree), given to someone that attained knowledge in a field (as opposed to "enslaving" the knowledge).
- neatze 6y agoChess master literally dominates most if not all ranked players below master level.
- celticninja 6y agoBut the other levels are not know as slaves.
- neatze 6y agoSeems like you implying slave is another N world, I think I get this aspect, but then what about colors of chess pieces ?
- celticninja 6y agoIt's not an N word. It is the association with slavery, and that being the basis of the name, that is the issue. The black pieces are equal to the white pieces in chess.
- neatze 6y agoBlack pieces are not equal in chess game both statistically and as a consensus among players, because white moves first, and the first move is an advantage in a chess game.
- celticninja 6y agodoes it mean so much to you that these terms are not renamed? if they do mean that much to you perhaps consider why you feel that way. if they don't mean that much to you, why argue about it? especially if it means nothing to you but can mean something to someone else, something that causes no real hardship for you, why can't you do that for a fellow human without it needing to be justified.
- neatze 6y agoBecause any way I look at the social issues it does not make sense to me, same as I would go to doctor and tell him my head hurts and his suggestion would be to change my nickname on HK, same as my program has a bug, but instead of identify issue, I would try to rename a project name. I ask myself where this stops, what next terms used on non-living entities we have to rename that some people perceive offense when used outside context and most importantly when such terms applied to humans. What kind of exemplary action does this demonstrate for future generations? In short, this is what kind of example it demonstrates to me, when you have a serious issue, instead of addressing this issue, let's look where we can rename words without any purpose, just so we look we put effort in addressing given issue.
- elil17 6y agoNo, this is less about the word master and more about the word “slave.”
- neatze 6y agoOk, but what about colors ?
- pwinnski 6y agoInstead of engaging in literal whatboutism, consider that the conversation at hand is about specific words. Nobody is talking about colors but you.
- ThrowawayR2 6y agoYou're forgetting about the blacklist/whitelist renaming.
- rvz 6y agoDon't forget the trade of a 'blacksmith' potentially being 'offensive' to these sweethearts. /s This is yet another ridiculous loss of critical thinking and reasoning behind 'banning offensive terms'.