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Re:Merge tag 'inclusive-terminology' into Linux kernel by dathinab on Sunday July 12, 2020 @03:09PM (#23813870)
Sorry, but in most of the world this is still the okay hand gesture. (EDIT: To clearify parts of the world which did use this sign before, many cultures have different signs).

It's maybe a bit like the term "master" (decoupled from slave) which has very differently nonces in many countries outside of the US. Mainly it's then often not strongly (or not at all) associated with slavery or suppression of people of color.

For example the German word "Meister" is often translated as "Master" but is mainly associated with someone who became really good at a skill, i.e. who mastered it. It's also used in a context of a person who is qualified to teach some from of craft (job), through there the roots are somewhat similar as historically you complied pretty strictly with what your teacher told you.

Anyway, using more inclusive terminology for anything new doesn't cost anything and as such should be done.

Re:Merge tag 'inclusive-terminology' into Linux kernel by kace91 on Monday July 13, 2020 @08:30AM (#23820021)
>It's maybe a bit like the term "master" (decoupled from slave) which has very differently nonces in many countries outside of the US. Mainly it's then often not strongly (or not at all) associated with slavery or suppression of people of color.

Cultural translation is always a bit weird. For example, in Spanish (or at least Spain's) BDSM circles, people use the term "maestro" for "master" (despite the term meaning only "teacher" or "skilled person/virtuoso" in Spanish). I assume at some point it got badly translated and it stuck in the community.

Re:Merge tag 'inclusive-terminology' into Linux kernel by eecc on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @02:04AM (#23841868)
Ah yes, the Guild graduate who’d make (and perhaps donate to the guild) his Meisterstück project to prove his mastery of the art...