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The name of this sub is racist or is recreating structural racism (feddit.de)
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The word “Master Race” is clearly equivalent to terms which were used by Nazis and so are today's far right wing and alt-rights.

There are other communities which created similar narratives, especially from the 4chan side, and I think the origin of “PC Master Race” comes from there.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Total non-issue

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Why do you think this using racist language is a non-issue?

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because?

“Master Race” will still be referring to this kind of “We are over everything, because our race is over everything” narrative.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Which is basicly the Linux community in a nutshell. We all see ourselves as superior