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Originally Posted by savemedrzaius
But the term "Master Bedroom" is just a harmless call back to the "Master of the Estate" having the biggest room in the house. It doesn't have anything to do with racism.
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I don't want to argue about it but there are different definitions of the word master and the one that applies to you isn't necessarily the one that is universal. One definition is someone who masters a skill...a master electrician. A master's degree is bestowed upon someone who completes a certain degree. Another is one who owns slaves. Another is one who is master of the house, possibly your benevolent grandparents but equally applicable to a white male slave owner of a plantation. It's insignificant until it becomes one of a million other little things that seem harmless but have a tiny bit more going on than people know.
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Originally Posted by Crown Royal
I wouldn't call it stupid, but it really isn't going change systemic and institutional racism, which is what we are fighting for. This stuff needs to be done in conjunction with something that actually brings about change.
Like the NFL for example, instead of playing the "black national anthem", donate to underfunded schools.
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I think you have to do it though. Those monuments were not intended to glorify southern pride, or bravery or heroism, or independence, or state rights, or anything of any historical importance. They were not intended to remind us of history so we don't repeat it. They were created to further a segregated agenda and Jim Crow. Leaving them up in the face of what's going on is just sort of weird.