Thanks for the article - it's really well written and fair - definitely book-marking it for the next time this debate comes up. All of your reasons, except the first one, also hold in other tech uses of the word, like master/slave replication (almost any database). I especially liked point 4 - brings to mind an incident where a girl in the states caused a scandal by wearing a kimono to her prom. Of course, this was awful cultural appropriation but Asians interviewed on the topic mostly found it flattering - "we're glad she likes it" - with the loudest voices being those whose culture was not even close to being appropriated. I wonder if the male/female plugs in my house are next on the hit list...
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Thanks for the article - it's really well written and fair - definitely book-marking it for the next time this debate comes up. All of your reasons, except the first one, also hold in other tech uses of the word, like master/slave replication (almost any database). I especially liked point 4 - brings to mind an incident where a girl in the states caused a scandal by wearing a kimono to her prom. Of course, this was awful cultural appropriation but Asians interviewed on the topic mostly found it flattering - "we're glad she likes it" - with the loudest voices being those whose culture was not even close to being appropriated. I wonder if the male/female plugs in my house are next on the hit list...