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The master race condition
(aussie.zone)
Stumbled upon this when looking for help on Reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/github/comments/1cwag3q/are_race_conditions_racist/?chainedposts=t3_n8qi6n
That is a very specific usage of the word "master". We can adjust that, while continuing to use "master" in all the cases where it has nothing to do with slavery.
Let's just call it the sensei branch and be done with it
Whatever ma'am, go name the branch at work a racial slur, I don't care
That's quite a toxic response, ma'am, and I do not understand why.
Why is it toxic?
Because that's like saying that "negro" is a slur when it's being used in a Spanish textbook. No it's a fucking color. Context is important and rewriting other languages because it seems hurtful in yours is super toxic.
Master means supreme, master piece, the supreme piece, master ball, supreme ball, master key, the supreme key. It was used in slavery because the master was the supreme entity for the slaves, in a bad way. One specific use of a word doesn't and shouldn't cover the inherent meaning of it and as a consequence all of its uses.
Tbh, I don't care which name is used for the supreme branch, be it main or master because my team usually renames them to prod/uat/dev and branches as feature_etc, but saying that others are using racial slurs because they are using the old default that makes perfect sense is toxic.
Ok, and do the people who are offended/hurt/affected by the user of "master" not finding your desire to continue using master toxic?
I think that it's about intolerance, some people are using a term in the intended non-slur manner, and others are intolerant about that rational desire. Even tolerant people shouldn't torerate intolerance, so no, being pissed about people telling them to stop using the term in the intended non-slur way is not toxic.
If that really hurts you, it's a you thing. It's not intentional, the meaning isn't derived from the slur, it's not a micro aggression. You won't like the answer, but toughen up.
So , why is toughening up not an option for you?
As stated in my comment:
Bro, I'm gonna asumme you are just creating fake outrage, holy shit.
ok. and that's what we're doing with you. multiple gigantic software institutions with actual people who are affected by this have made the change, and you're sitting there going "brah, it's not offensive, it's cool, get hard" .
you get hard.