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Lets all just dance now

I do think that some of them make sense. Gentleman's agreement carries some negative implications, as does Whiter than White, but Master Bedroom certainly doesn't (i get that the Master's bedroom probably had a plantation-esque sort of origin, but the literal word Master can be perfectly benign). I don't get where Right-hand man could have problems.

@Mr Khan. Master is a masculine term, the feminine form is Mistress I think. I'm guesing its meant to be sexist.

The problem with this entire situation is that they're trying to re-write the English language not on the grounds that it is offensive but on the grounds that it is possible to take offense. As far as I know none of these terms actually have racist or sexist origins, you just have to take them beyond their actual purpose to find anything offensive about them.

Holy crap.

I don't see how the government think they can filter the people from using these terms. It's really , really stupid.

Fuck that shit! That is my take on political correctness.

I know that this is irrelevant to the thread, but not all hispanics are "tan", and actually Hispanic isn't even a race. It is an ethnic or lingual group that originated in Hispania(the roman name for the iberian peninsula .) There are Hispanics of full European, African, and Amerindian origin, as well as other smaller groups, and mixtures of more than one. For example my grandmother on my father's was a hispanic(Puerto Rican of French and Spanish descent), but she had red hair, hazel eyes, and snow white skin. The same thing with my father. He turns red when he is in the sun, and hasn't had a tan since he was a kid. Both his parents are "hispanic" though most if not all of their ancestors are European. My Mother who is English/German descent as well as myself have no trouble at all with tanning. So Hispanic doesn't automatically mean you are tan or is it a representation of your racial clasification.  It is just a Ethnic/Language group.  Just wanted to inform you a little.    

@Op That is beyond stupid, and I would like to know who they think they are offending before changing them? Why should we change primary meanings of these phrases, just because a word deviated from it's original defination to categorize a certain group of people.  People of African descent shouldn't be the first thing you think of when you hear the word "black", neither should people of European descent for the word "White" and so on. Maybe they should start discouraging people from using colors to describe racial groups instead. It is the intent behind the words that hurt, not the actual word, and I find these phrases far from hitting the targeted group that is trying to be presented as getting hurt when used. Do you really think that women get pissed off at the phrase "master bedroom"? Or that African descent people get angry when they hear "Black Hole"? I doubt it.  The average person doesn't analyze things like that.

There was a recent lawsuit in Texas concerning a comment about a black hole....

http://michellemalkin.com/2008/07/09/dallas-county-official-black-hole-is-racist/

Crazy stuff. PC words have gone way too far. People need to respect eachother, while also having a tolerance for words as well. Isn't that what this whole tolerance crap should be doing - getting people to have respect for those who's lexicon may not agree with theirs?