Changing established technical terms just because less than 5% of the world population has some sensitivity to history before their grand-grand parents is excessive.
Don't make me remember what Italian's ancestors did to my ancestors, or else I will have to ask current Italians for reparations. Well, this sounds extremely stupid, is it?
That it does not upset you is of no consequence. That it may be hurtful to others has consequence.
It’s very little skin off our backs in the grand scheme. If it is a hill you’d like to die on though, do as you must.
I’d just suggest that there may be times things frustrate you that you do not understand, and it is then that it can be better to simply listen.
Take care.
And I add to what you said: don't make me remember what other Italians did to my Italian family, no more than 75 years ago.
We are actually not.
Master and slave will continue to exist in English.
Besides, your numbers are completely wrong, India and Nigerian have English as one of the official languages, if we sum them there are more people speaking English in those two countries alone than in the entire US of A.
Even in Europe there are more people speaking English than in the US.
EDIT
I ran the numbers
These are all countries where English is an official language
India 129,377,965
Nigeria 114,172,822
Pakistan 94,300,000
Philippines 70,371,000
United Kingdom 59,600,000
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Total 467,821,787
US 283,160,411
Maybe it's time that US people drop the attitude, because that's the main problem in their society: the feeling that they are on top of everything.
It doesn't surprise me at all the rampant racism in a society shaped around the illusion that you are the best and all the others can't even compete in the same league...
It may be relevant to whether or not you could or would likely understand adequately why this might bother someone.
Edit:
Downvotes won’t make this inconvenient reality go away.