[AMERICANTHINKER] The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB) is removing the term "master" bedroom from all of its databases and listing services and replacing it with the politically correct phrase "primary" bedroom. According to a TRREB news release, the change was suggested by the organization's Diversity and Inclusion Task Force (DITV) to better align it with Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) practices.
The release promised that the change "will also address the negative connotations surrounding 'master' bedroom, which many Members, others in the industry, and the public on the lam associate with terminology rooted in slavery and/or sexism. We also heard some of your concerns about the offensive undertones associated with this term. We know that words matter, and this is a step forward in rethinking outdated terms and modernizing the language used in the real estate industry."
Note to the TRREB and wokesters everywhere: Banning (or bastardizing) language is not progressive; it is regressive...a step backward. When you try to ban words, you are saying one of two things about them: 1) either the word doesn't matter at all or 2) the word is so powerful that it can overwhelm your ability to rationally process it. In a sane world and to a sane person, neither should be the case.
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Die werklike verander (real change) takes action. The absence of unwelcomed tribes and languages is the evidence of social change.