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Note how master is not even the main term used to describe people who had slaves. The term typically used is owner, as in "so and so was a slaveowner."

A Marxist would chuckle at the notion that Microsoft would be removing the word "owner" for being offensive.




Both gitlab and github make heavy use of the term owner and ownership. Someone should let them know they have more renaming to do.


The word "master" when applied to slavery is itself a euphemism for owner, which is the truly abhorrent type of interpersonal relationship.




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