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Introspective One |
Computer Labels Offensive
Wednesday, November 26, 2003 10:32 p.m. ET LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A county official has asked computer and video equipment vendors to consider eliminating the terms "master" and "slave" from equipment because they may be considered offensive. "Based on the cultural diversity and sensitivity of Los Angeles County, this is not an acceptable identification label," according to an e-mail sent to vendors on Nov. 18. The memo asks manufacturers, suppliers and contractors to change or remove any labels on components "that could be interpreted as discriminatory or offensive in nature." The county's 39 departments also were told to identify equipment with offensive labels. "We got a note back from IBM saying thank you for bringing this to our attention and we'll take a look at this," said Joe Sandoval, who wrote the memo. Sandoval is division manager of purchasing and contract services for the county's Internal Services Department. The term "master" and "slave" _ when applied to electronic equipment _ describes one device controlling another. In May, a black employee of the Probation Department filed a discrimination complaint with the county Office of Affirmative Action Compliance after noticing the words on a videotape machine. "This individual felt that it was offensive and inappropriate ... given the experiences that this country has gone through in respect to slavery," office director Dennis A. Tafoya said. The issue was solved by putting tape over the labels and replacing "master" and "slave" with "primary" and "secondary," Tafoya said. Although Tafoya said his office did not find discrimination in the case, he added, "I think we constantly need to be conscious of these issues." Sandoval said the county is making a suggestion, not trying to dictate political correctness. "Knowing that it's an industry standard, there's no way that I'm going to stop buying that equipment," he said. Copyright © 2003 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. |
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D4 |
Oh please! What do we do with male and female designations on electrical plugs when the homosexuals find out? I know, a plug that goes either way. lol.
-Jazhawk |
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D5 |
Nice counter Jazhawk,
You know we don't have to make every racial issue a...racial issue. I'm an I.T consultant, and have configured thousands of hard drives in master and slave. Never once did I find it offensive and inappropriate. Hell, I was too busy getting paid. |
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A1 |
And I'll bet those demanding the change saw themselves as 'standing on the frontlines of Civil Rights.
And of course KEEPIN' IT REAL. PEACE Jim Chester African Americans for African America http://iaanh2.org African American Pledge of Unity We stand, Together, after left alone in a land we never knew. We Bind ourselves, Together, with the blood and will of Those who have gone before. From the Bodies of our Ancestors thrown away, from the Pieces of Ourselves left to perish, We rise as One, a New Body in a New Land, a New People in a New Nation. Of Common Mind, Body, and Spirit, By Declaration of our Amalgamated Individual and Personal Authorities, We Are African America. © James Wesley Chester 2004; 2008 You are who you say you are. Your children are who you say you are. |
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A1 |
that is a matter of choice that should be honored if an individual finds it offensive.....I don't mind the word motherf-cker being used around me but I bet most of you would not like it used in front of your grandmother or in your church to describe an undesirable person.....
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Bad Mother Fucker |
For those that find the master/slave designation offensive, what is an alternative?
Peace, AudioGuy ************************************************* "I am African, not because I was born in Africa; but because Africa was born in me" -Anonymous "The cost of Liberty is less than the cost of repression." -W.E.B. DuBois, John Brown 1909 "... can you imagine Doobie in yo' funk??!!" -G. Clinton Sense is far from COMMON! ... The tragic irony here is that a lot of African Americans may not fully recognize the implications of this decision for years to come. Stop by any barbershop, barbeque or church basement in Black America and you will hear – with distressing frequency – that old canard that "integration" ruined the Black community. William Jelani Cobb ************************************************* |
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A1 |
quote: How about corporate elite/masses of humanity....oops, that is the same thing in essense...oh well...  Egungun, Egungun ni t'aiye ati jo! Ancestos, Ancestors come to earth and dance! "I'm sick of the war and the civilization that created it. Let's look to our dreams, and the magical; to the creations of the so-called primitive peoples for new inspirations." - Jaques Vache and Andre Breton "Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone." -John Maynard "You know that in our country there were even matriarchal societies where women were the most important element. On the Bijagos islands they had queens. They were not queens because they were the daughters of kings. They had queens succeeding queens. The religious leaders were women too..." -- Amilcar Cabral, Return to the Source, 1973    |
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