Harvard abolishes 'master' in titles in slavery row

Harvard has not agreed that the use of "master" represented a link to slavery, but it has accepted campaigners' calls for a name change.
It will mean changing the job titles of 24 members of staff - but will not affect other uses of "master", such as a master's level degree.
Harvard academics say that the word "master" derives from the Latin term "magister" - a form of address for scholars or teachers. It is similar to terms such as "school master" or "head master".
... protesters have argued that whatever its original derivation, the word now has connotations of slavery.Student campaigners are also calling for a change in the official seal of Harvard Law School, with a sit-in being held this week.

One might also argue that the Harvard degree classifications are also problematic:



they all sound like sex film worker names ?

Absolutely. These are the privileged cis male academics over there bearing down on working-class prostitutes!

Ugh, next they'll be telling us we can't masturbate any more because it sounds wrong.

“The House Masters have unanimously expressed a desire to change their title,” Khurana told faculty members in a prepared statement at the meeting.

Last week, Khurana said he personally feels uncomfortable with the title and that the College’s House masters, faculty members who oversee student residences, have been discussing changing it for some time.

Conversations about changing the title were ongoing even before Smith assumed the FAS deanship in 2007, he said.

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2015/12/2/house-masters-change-title/


So a group of people who dislike their current job title (which is pretty fuddy duddy regardless of any other connotations) have changed their jobs title to be more reflective of the role.

One might also argue that the Harvard degree classifications are also problematic:





they all sound like sex film worker names ?

I don't understand why blacks get so uppity about slavery; neither they, their parents or grandparents would have experienced actual slavery and it seems like some of them will try to find any way to make modern day America pay reparations for something that happened over 150 years ago that they never personally experienced. The suffering of blacks is not unique to the annuls of history, just as slavery is not unique to blacks. Should Italians pay reparations for enslaving Christians in the Roman Empire? No. They need to sit down and pipe down.

I stand corrected. In Harvard, at least, those who held the title felt uncomfortable about the title.
But similar rages and debates are also occurring in Yale and there is no evidence that the college masters there have a similar distaste for the title.

While it might be the case the term might change here because faculty disliked the term, do you think the protesters have a valid point? I would be uncomfortable with such a change being forced upon staff at another institution. And what then of other usages of the term such as the level of education?

You sir are a f****** c***

Not that I really care for anything you have to say (reply if you wish) but I guess the Jews should have been left high and dry with ZERO reparations from Germany?

Actually don't reply

One might also argue that the Harvard degree classifications are also problematic:





they all sound like sex film worker names ?