JPMorgan drops terms 'master,' 'slave' from internal tech code and materials

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NEW YORK -- JPMorgan Chase & Co is eliminating terms like "blacklist," "master" and "slave" from its internal technology materials and code as it seeks to address racism within the company, said two s

NEW YORK -- JPMorgan Chase & Co is eliminating terms like "blacklist," "master" and "slave" from its internal technology materials and code as it seeks to address racism within the company, said two sources with knowledge of the move.

Other companies like Twitter Inc and GitHub Inc adopted similar changes, prompted by the renewed spotlight on racism after the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died in police custody in Minneapolis in May. "Blacklist" is used to describe items that are automatically denied, like a list of websites forbidden by a company's cybersecurity division.Floyd's death has sparked a re-examination of words that might carry racial overtones. For example, some realtors are no longer using the term "master bedroom," and Universal Music Group's Republic Records stopped using the word "urban" to describe music genres and internal departments or roles.

Columbia Business School programming professor Mattan Griffel said such terms have long been controversial and can be difficult to change.

 

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