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catsdanxe
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GitHub is working on renaming default branch from ...
Nobody cares about the black slave auctions going on in Libya RIGHT NOW. But we are going to remove the word master from our software because it offends people whose ancestors were slaves generations ago.
EForEndeavour
on June 12, 2020
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Correction: because
we think it could
offend people whose ancestors were slaves generations ago.
globular-toast
on June 12, 2020
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It doesn't offend them. This is all just white people looking for problems. Make-work.
arvigeus
on June 15, 2020
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In China they are kicking people out of their homes for being black. But we do bend the knee for them because of money. Selective social justice...
Rapzid
on June 19, 2020
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I find it a bit condescending and tone deaf too.
KayL
on June 12, 2020
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It's unfair to the word "Master". Imagine that `Master` will be on the unpopular list everywhere now..
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