Posted on 06/26/2020 7:21:07 PM PDT by FLT-bird
The Houston Association of REALTORS® says it will stop permitting the term “master bedroom” or “master bathroom” to be used in MLS descriptions. The decision to remove the term comes after a group of real estate professionals said the term “master” on property description represents a potential stigma.
HAR has updated the phrase to “primary bedroom” and “primary bath” on its MLS and on har.com.
The national standards organization for MLSs is reportedly considering a similar change that would make “primary” the new standard nationwide.
“‘Master’ represents a stigma and place in time that we need to move forward from,” Tiffany Curry, a Houston real estate broker and owner of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, told the Houston Chronicle. “As a progressive, diverse city, Houston should be reflective of its citizenship.”
Some home builders are dropping the term, too. David Weekley Homes now refers to the space as the “owner’s retreat” instead.
“We let them own the language and history, they eventually own us.”
Newspeak
Will the PGA change the name of The Masters?
We should just cut to the chase and abolish the entire English language and switch to Bantu or Swahili or Rap.
Bingo....
Shut the door MasterCard
“now refers to the space as the owner’s retreat”
Who do the owners own?
Yes. And forget about Master Carpenters, Master Gardeners, Master Mechanics, and so forth.
I have a Master’s Degree. It doesn’t mean that I have slaves or even servants, any more than having a Bachelor’s Degree means I am an unmarried man! The utter silliness!
Ping
“Some home builders are dropping the term, too. David Weekley Homes now refers to the space as the “owner’s retreat” instead.”
Isn’t the term “owner” just as bad as Master?
And Real ‘Estate’ - Estate sounds pretty similar to plantation.
Let’s all just go back to grunts and signs to communicate.
Yes.
I refuse to wear a mask to get a haircut, my wife cuts my hair now.
I will not be told how to talk.
I always carry, including when I ride my bike. If my bike breaks down out in the country I will not be a victim then over any other time.
That has already been brought up! Not just based on the supposed connotation that Master refers to slave/master, but also because, supposedly, the site was at one time a plantation which had slaves. Before becoming a golf course the site was a plant nursery.
I don’t think that the PGA can change the name of the tournament. It’s trademarked by the Augusta National. I suppose that the PGA can refuse to have a tournament there unless it’s changed.
I lived in Augusta 18 years. (I never set foot on the golf course). I don’t recall any suggestion, ever, by anyone, that there was any tie between the name of the tournament and slavery. To me it’s obvious that the name refers to the players being “masters” of the game of golf- expert players, the best at the game- just as a Master Carpenter is an expert at carpentry.
I’m beginning to feel like I opened a door and inadvertently stepped into an alternate universe.
See reply 55. GMTA
Lol. That’s ridiculously funny
Let’s not forget both Master and
slave cylinders, Master Lock Co.,
Master switch, and the Baa, Baa,
Black Sheep will now have only
two bags full of wool.
“One for the master
And one for the dame
One for the little boy
Who lives down the lane”
Honestly, is this a joke?
Well if you live in Houston with a mortgage and Houston’s high property taxes, are you really the owner or just designated payee?
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