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| CNN: ‘Master Bedroom’ Carries Racist Connotations |
| 2020-07-07 |
| [BREITBART] CNN has determined that "master bedroom" carries racist connotations, as do several other commonly used terms and phrases, including "blacklist," "cakewalk," and the "peanut gallery." The English language is fraught with words and phrases that carry racist connotations, say CNN’s Scottie Andrew and Harmeet Kaur, both of whom presented the problematic terms in a piece published Monday. Many of the phrases used are "so entrenched that Americans don’t think twice about using them," they asserted. "But some of these terms are directly rooted in the nation’s history with chattel slavery. Others now evoke racist notions about Black people," they wrote, concluding that America’s "reckoning with systemic racism" is "forcing a more critical look at the language we use." "Master bedrooms" and "master bathrooms" were among the first phrases highlighted in CNN’s analysis. In real estate, the terms are used to describe the largest bedroom and bathroom in the house. The pair noted that the term first appeared in a 1926 Sears catalog, "according to the real estate blog Trelora." "It was a feature of a $4,398 Dutch colonial home, the most expensive in the catalog, referring to a large second floor bedroom with a private bathroom," they reported. Notably, they admitted that the description "master bedroom" does not have a clear or direct tie to slavery. "While it’s unclear whether the term is rooted in American slavery on plantations, it evokes that history," Scottie and Kaur wrote. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 There were no slaves, no masters, and no nooses prior to slavery in the United States of America. At least according to the left. Also those things all disappeared after the slaves freed themselves and certainly don't continue in other nations. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2020-07-07 14:20 |
| #4 “When correctly viewed, everything is lewd.” — Tom Lehrer |
| Posted by: magpie 2020-07-07 10:39 |
| #3 24 hour news cycle must fill the time with ever inane horseshit |
| Posted by: Bob Grorong1136 2020-07-07 07:59 |
| #2 CNN is racist and irrelevant. |
| Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2020-07-07 03:31 |
| #1 Devil finds work for idle hands? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-07-07 01:49 |