My personal opinion is that this sort of thing is taking PC to extremes
and if anything it's a backward step. Trying to bury the words doesn't
change what has happened and is still happening around the world. Just
trying to forget and pretend slavery never happened isn't the way to go.
However this is personal opinion and I don't feel strongly enough about
the change to object either way.
Trying to be too PC can actually be offensive to minorities. I live in a
predominantly white area and have a black friend. One thing he really
hates is when people tiptoe around him due to his colour. For example we
went into a cafe and ordered coffee. The person serving asked 'do you
want bla...er, without milk or with?'. It may not sound like much but
that immediately makes him 'other' - someone you need to be careful
around. We're all just people. Sorry, I'll get off my soap box now.
Les
On 29/07/2021 21:18, Jeff Epler wrote:
For those who desire more background, both on the motivation and on the
breadth of organizations that are choosing to make this change:
[some links are about ending use of the M/S terms in electrical
interfaces, which is also a thing that is being addressed]
https://www.acm.org/diversity-inclusion/words-matter
https://sfconservancy.org/news/2020/jun/23/gitbranchname/
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/technology/racist-computer-engineering-terms-ietf.html
https://www.mail-archive.com/python-dev@python.org/msg111965.html
https://standards.ieee.org/about/sasb/resolutions.html (search December 2020 in
page)
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/blog/master-slave-and-the-fight-over-offensive-terms-in-computing-kate-conger-new-york-times-april-13-2021/
https://betterprogramming.pub/github-replacing-master-with-main-is-a-huge-win-for-inclusion-in-tech-bf517478275b
https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/making-open-source-more-inclusive-eradicating-problematic-language
https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2021/03/10/new-git-default-branch-name/
https://www.sparkfun.com/spi_signal_names
https://www.eetimes.com/its-time-for-ieee-to-retire-master-slave/
https://www.oshwa.org/a-resolution-to-redefine-spi-signal-names/
https://cdm.link/2020/06/lets-dump-master-slave-terms/
https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/07/12/the-linux-kernel-has-now-adopted-inclusive-language/
Jeff
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