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So you're mad at a place for finally deciding to not be racist anymore? And you'll be yanking your kid out of this school because of it? Yeah, talk about being pathetic.
Whilst the top UK Universities usually belong to the Russell Group, which was named after the groups first meeting at what is now the Kimpton Fitzroy London Hotel, Russell Square in London but was then known as the Russell Hotel.
So you're mad at a place for finally deciding to not be racist anymore? And you'll be yanking your kid out of this school because of it? Yeah, talk about being pathetic.
What is even more pathetic is people who don't understand word etymology and automatically think that "headmaster" has anything to do with race.
I graduated from a private school in Park Slope, Brooklyn. I looked at their website, and sure enough they list the headmistress as “Head of School.” Very liberal, and oh so woke.
What is even more pathetic is people who don't understand word etymology and automatically think that "headmaster" has anything to do with race.
It DOES have to do with race. It may not have when the word was first invented, but it certainly does now. Like it or not, the word "master" IS directly and will forever be connected to slavery. I understand that the word wasn't originally meant to bring visions of slavery to people's minds every time they heard it, but for many people it does.
The fact is, that our ancestors screwed up when they took boats to Africa to capture slaves. It's a touchy subject that we need to forever tread lightly on. Weather the word "headmaster" has any actual connection to slavery or not is kind of insignificant, if during the course of time that word has changed to mean something different.
Here's a little example... The word "gay" used to mean happy, but now it means something else. For many people (right or wrong), it has a negative meaning. I went to college with a person who's last name was "Gay". Each time a teacher would take roll call there were always a few snickers and laughs whenever the they called out the guy's last name.
One day I overheard someone say to him "Don't you get tired of people laughing at your name all of the time, why don't you have it changed?". He responded with "Yes, this has been going on all of my life. People were really mean when I was growing up going through school. I don't want to change it though, because I want my kids to go through all of the same crap I had to go through." I think he was just kidding, but I'm not entirely sure.
My point is, that surely back when someone picked that word for their last name, they had no idea that the meaning would change so much during the course of 100 or more years. Trying to explain to everyone over and over again that the word doesn't actually mean "homosexual" and isn't in fact funny each time someone says it out loud is kind of a losing battle. Under these circumstances, changing the name might not be the worst thing in the world.
Associating the word with the master - slave relationship is just one use of the word. Master is frequently used in Christian religious texts, my martial arts instructor was referred as "master", we have master minds, master craftsmen, sailing masters, master teachers, master plumbers, electricians and mechanics, master chefs, master chiefs, master sergeants, etc., etc. The meaning of the word has not changed.
So you're mad at a place for finally deciding to not be racist anymore? And you'll be yanking your kid out of this school because of it? Yeah, talk about being pathetic.
What is racist about it?
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