• yoevli@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    From what I can find online, it seems like it’s unlikely that particular term was originally meant to refer to slave masters and it moreso referred to the head of household.

    • Zagam@piefed.social
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      2 days ago

      OK, thsts fair. Its something I heard, not researched myself. Still, fuck the patriarchy.

      • arararagi@ani.social
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        14 hours ago

        Just accept you were wrong, in Brazil there was a company that didn’t want to use “black Friday” because they didn’t find a source saying it wasn’t racist.

        • Zagam@piefed.social
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          12 hours ago

          I did? I said it was a fair and that I hadn’t read it myself. I’m not sure what more you expect.