Yes it does have a negative connotation especially when used with slave. Many people will roll their eyes and make it appear that the case of someone using the negative connotation of master/slave in ...

The University of Southern California’s school of social work will no longer use the word “field” in its curriculum, saying it may have racist “connotations.” USC’s Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of ...

What image do you get when you hear the word ‘drug’? Write a word or phrase that is associated with the term ‘drug’? When I asked the participants to answer these two questions at a workshop on ...

The words and phrases permeate nearly every aspect of our society. “Master bedrooms” in our homes. “Blacklists” and “whitelists” in computing. The idiom “sold down the river” in our everyday speech.

I'm working on a project for which we need to keep a running list of items. Someone suggested that we call it the "Master Tracking List", and I instantly found that a little off-putting. For me, it ...

(CNN) -- The words and phrases permeate nearly every aspect of our society. "Master bedrooms" in our homes. "Blacklists" and "whitelists" in computing. The idiom "sold down the river" in our everyday ...