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Harvard University has this allegiance to tradition that is charming when applied to architecture, rivalries and commencement, but not so much when it offends an entire community. I have to put the word “master?? in quotes because, yes, it makes me cringe every time I say it/see it/think about it. It essentially encompasses the horror of the institution of slave and master that our country was conceived by, yet the College maintains this derogatory title in each House...
Honestly, what merit besides custom does the word “master?? carry? The title causes a lot more trouble than it ever prevents. For example, an e-mail that was sent over the Adams House open-list with the subject “Master??s Watermelon Liberation” only sparked a flurry of angry e-mails in response. Perhaps if the subject instead said “President’s Watermelon Liberation” it would have been less controversial, but the combination of the title of the former flogger of black slaves...
...Masters” and other administrators? Though I have nothing against the House Masters themselves, it must be stated that they submit to a title that is offensive to me and other students. I have tried to correct people by forcing them to say “House Master?? instead of plain “master?? around me, and for the most part that’s how official e-mails and flyers have been addressed—but not always. People are already too accustomed to the word...
...reached my limit today when I was walking to my room in Currier House and saw a sign for the “Master??s (not ‘House Master??s’) Open House”. What’s next? A flyer for the “Massah’s Open House?” Neither I, nor any other person in the Harvard community should ever have to address someone by a title that is as blatantly offensive as the word “master,” and I refuse...
Last year, a resident scholar in Old Quincy’s E-entryway quietly toiled over a new book—and last night, amidst the splendor of the vaunted Quincy Master??s penthouse apartment, the writer and his one-time House celebrated a round of strong reviews...