Yale Students Ask University To Abolish Term “Master” - Polidicks

[url]http://wshu.org/post/yale-students-ask-university-abolish-term-master[/url] [quote]This week Princeton University abolished the title of Master for the leaders of its own residential colleges, saying the title was "anachronistic" and "historically vexed." Instead, Princeton will call its residence leaders "heads of the college." Students at Yale University in Connecticut are asking Yale to follow Princeton’s lead. A spokesman for Yale University said the College Masters have been discussing whether to abolish the title. The term Master was historically used in old English universities to refer to the head of a college, and it still is today. But for some black students on campus at Yale, the word conjures up much darker moments in American history, like the country’s legacy of slavery. "The legacy is not that long ago and a lot of our grandparents remember stories from their parents or their grandparents of actually…having a master above you who has total control over your life," said Brea Baker, a senior at Yale.[/quote]

so you abolish the term master on Yale? except that it is used literally ALL OVER THE WORLD so it wouldn't matter at all because Yale would still have masters. And master is a normal english word for crying out loud. Are they saying that we shouldnt have master hard drives too?

Oh, fuck off.

"heads of the college" might as well call them shitters

I'm trying to think of how the new name could be considered offensive. Maybe "head of the college" could be triggering for female victims of rape because of the connotations between dominant patriarchal power and phallic imagery, I.E. the "head" of the penis is the "head" of the college. I suggest a second new title be "Your Societal Betters" and that the only people who may be elected to the position are white women and POC except Asians who are already too privileged because they are all smart because they're Asian. That whole paragraph was sarcasm, btw.

Are we sure this isn't the Onion? In fact looking into it these kids seem to be having way too much time on their hands complaining about menial shit instead of working on their classes, which is surprising because schools like Princeton and Yale should be too tough to be worrying about this stuff. We've gotten to the point of wanting to remove any links to Woodrow Wilson at the school because he had racist ties... Before the Great Depression even happened. That's like asking for George Washington to be taken off the dollar bill because he owned slaves. You're here now, you have no connection to your ancestors besides your genetics, grow up and stop acting like you're somehow offended by the term 'Master' being used in a completely separate context. When it comes to the racism you've experienced, I doubt your ancestors thought they'd see black people in the future going to Ivy league schools and getting a degree most people in the country would foam at the mouth for to get ahead in life. These kids are far more privileged than your Average Joe walking around the streets. These demands are shit, these kids having any impact on this country's future is laughable, and I hope they're just tossed out of the school instead of the school actually stooping to their level.

[QUOTE=Valiantttt;49157010] And master is a normal english word for crying out loud. Are they saying that we shouldnt have master hard drives too?[/QUOTE] Yes, the new name is "hard drive that is used to connect with other hard drives with the full consent under no duress of all involved hard drives", except the sexual connotations of "hard" and "soft" drives is also triggering for female victims of rape. The new, new name is "solid but not solid state drive that is used to contain data of other solid but not solid state drives with the full consent under no duress or all involved solid but not solid state drives". And seriously, this is a thing that has actually happened and not just a joke I'm making: [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master/slave_%28technology%29#Appropriateness_of_usage[/url] We also need to change the names of "Male" and "Female" cables and power chords. The new names will be "Inie" for the ends of the cables that go inside the cabel and "Outie" for the cables whose ends go outside of the cable.

[QUOTE=Zyler;49157035]I'm trying to think of how the new name could be considered offensive. Maybe "head of the college" could be triggering for female victims of rape because of the connotations between dominant patriarchy power and phallic imagery, I.E. the "head" of the penis is the "head" of the college. I suggest a second new title be "Your Societal Betters" and that the only people who may be elected to the position are white women and POC except Asians who are already too privileged because they are all smart because they're Asian. That whole paragraph was sarcasm, btw.[/QUOTE] Related: [img]http://pokit.org/get/img/8bb6f913e22eff41e4d9f802df5307cf.jpg[/img] [sp]They were 100% serious about that matter.[/sp]

[QUOTE=Valiantttt;49157010]so you abolish the term master on Yale? except that it is used literally ALL OVER THE WORLD so it wouldn't matter at all because Yale would still have masters. And master is a normal english word for crying out loud. Are they saying that we shouldnt have master hard drives too?[/QUOTE] Can't have [URL="https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/22667"]master / slave databases[/URL] anymore either. What if someone gets upset?

[QUOTE=Valiantttt;49157010]so you abolish the term master on Yale? except that it is used literally ALL OVER THE WORLD so it wouldn't matter at all because Yale would still have masters. And master is a normal english word for crying out loud. Are they saying that we shouldnt have master hard drives too?[/QUOTE] nah man clearly we need a new line of socially progressive HDDs [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/yqZRh3S.png[/IMG]

Do these people not understand that words can have more than one meaning?

It's just semantics bullshit and getting the system used to submitting to their demands. Colleges no longer have a spine.

The word doesn't have a negative connotation anymore, and they want to bring it back. What possible reason do they have for this if not to enlarge the chasm between ethnicities?

Sure, get rid of the term Master and instead use the term Meister.

"Help the term Master oppresses me! Well, not me as I haven't experienced slavery, but my ancestors (probably) did and that means you're being racist" Jesus fuck. I'm not advocating for slavery when i'm against this but these people must be brain dead or batshit insane for being blind when it suits them to change things solely based on the name.

[QUOTE=Keyblockor1;49157210]"Help the term Master oppresses me! Well, not me as I haven't experienced slavery, but my ancestors (probably) did and that means you're being racist" Jesus fuck. I'm not advocating for slavery when i'm against this but these people must be brain dead or batshit insane for being blind when it suits them to change things solely based on the name.[/QUOTE] They're just young adults craving for some drama and attention. That's all.

I almost feel obligated to be more offensive and racist every time I read something like this. Kinda like telling a kid not to do something, now that kid is really gonna want to do it.

Okay, they can abolish the term "master", but only on the condition that the title of " student" is replaced with "slave"

[QUOTE=itisjuly;49157236]They're just young adults craving for some drama and attention. That's all.[/QUOTE] Unfortunately they keep getting it, because people keep caving to their demands.

[QUOTE=Valiantttt;49157010]so you abolish the term master on Yale? except that it is used literally ALL OVER THE WORLD so it wouldn't matter at all because Yale would still have masters. And master is a normal english word for crying out loud. Are they saying that we shouldnt have master hard drives too?[/QUOTE] [img]http://cld.moe/files/2015-11-21_13-30-49.png[/img] [img]http://cld.moe/files/2015-11-21_13-31-59.png[/img] [img]http://cld.moe/files/2015-11-21_13-38-21.png[/img]

Reading this makes me want to punch one of those kids in the face for some reason.

If Yale is such an prestigious university, how do some of the worlds stupidest students seem to come out of it?

[QUOTE=GunFox;49157302]Okay, they can abolish the term "master", but only on the condition that the title of " student" is replaced with "slave"[/QUOTE] in all honesty they should replace the title of "student" with "crybaby"

[QUOTE=Valiantttt;49157010]so you abolish the term master on Yale? except that it is used literally ALL OVER THE WORLD so it wouldn't matter at all because Yale would still have masters. And master is a normal english word for crying out loud. Are they saying that we shouldnt have master hard drives too?[/QUOTE] Yeah, master and slave is unacceptable language in a computer environment! Oh wow I didn't even see the Github changes above me before I posted this. Are you kidding me

So is master going to be the hot new "problematic" word to demonize? The last one was "thug" IIRC.

In short, Any word that every had any connection to something bad can now be removed because its socially progressive? This doesn't really seem like progress more just people trolling for troll sake.

These people should be ignored in favor of progressives working for actual progress but I guess media just love giving these goofballs the attention they crave for those sweet ratings.

[QUOTE=soulharvester;49157133]It's just semantics bullshit and getting the system used to submitting to their demands. Colleges no longer have a spine.[/QUOTE] Technically it's not that Professors and Colleges have no spine, it's what was said above me. To add to the fact these people don't necessarily put others at risk only, they also will go on Hunger Strikes which is a very dangerous game to play for the Professors & Colleges. Can you imagine the shitstorm of someone commiting suicide via Hunger Strike over something arbitrary and not all that integral? Yes, it was a waste of a life due to their own actions but it will further demonize said College and any acquainted professors due to them not giving into their demands. Even then, the people who are likely going on these hunger strikes are relatively idiotic and uninformed that there's a point of no return, if they even make it that far (Which they hopefully don't.)

How to beat this generation of people: throw mean words at them. They will surrender on the spot, or maybe even assume fetal position and cry

[QUOTE=Jackald;49157500]You're asking academics and professors to remain firm against people who are hounding them wherever they go, going on hunger strikes until they resign, and generally making their lives hell.[/QUOTE] You're god damn right I want them to remain firm to this fucking bullying. By giving into it all they're doing is validating it, and now it's going to keep repeating, over and over and over. All a student has to do to get a professor fired now is to refuse to eat? are you fucking kidding me? [QUOTE=Keyblockor1;49157531]To add to the fact these people don't necessarily put others at risk only, they also will go on Hunger Strikes which is a very dangerous game to play for the Professors & Colleges. Can you imagine the shitstorm of someone commiting suicide via Hunger Strike over something arbitrary and not all that integral? Yes, it was a waste of a life due to their own actions but it will further demonize said College and any acquainted professors due to them not giving into their demands. Even then, the people who are likely going on these hunger strikes are relatively idiotic and uninformed that there's a point of no return, if they even make it that far (Which they hopefully don't.)[/QUOTE] If the kid of a multi-million dollar family wants to fucking starve himself to death let him (Hint, he won't). You validate them by giving into it, which makes it worse. Or better yet, he starves himself to death, and the others get the message and back the fuck down.