Updating Our Language - Day 11
“Master/slave” (tech words)
In the tech world, these words are used as descriptors for one process or operation controlling another. The historical significance and implications are pretty self explanatory.
Some words we can use in their place are leader/follower, primary/replica, parent/child , writer/reader, active/standby.
Throughout July we will be making posts about updating our language.
We live in a society that has normalized using many words and phrases with racist origins.
Part of the anti-racist work involves acknowledging you have used them, beginning the process of eliminating them from your vocabulary, and gently correcting others when you hear them used.
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