More Word Policing: Jaguar Land Rover Censor ‘Master,’ ‘Slave’ in Part Names

In this week’s episode of “needless corporate pandering to woke ideology” we have Jaguar Land Rover requiring its employees in UK factories to ditch the words “master” and “slave” in technical terms for car parts in favor of “surrogate” parts, as reported by The Daily Mail June 27. 

The change allegedly from some complaints by “employees” over the term, said Jaguar Land Rover. According to Jaguar Land Rover, however, the facts on the factory floor are more complicated than they claim.

One worker on the floor of the giant factory in Solihull near Birmingham, England said to The Sun, “It’s just one more example of wokeism and it’s as a result of a few voices making a fuss. It’s so stupid because ‘slave’ in car making refers to a component that supports the function of another– ‘slave’ and ‘master.’” The Daily Mail gives the example of a “clutch slave cylinder,”one of the most common parts in cars. 

The terms “slave” and “master” in tech and engineering are used to refer to the functions of parts and have been one of many targets for the leftist all-consuming ideological brain rot. A master piece is typically the one that controls, while a slave component is under control. Makes perfect sense. Of course, the left was quick to raise faux-moralistic objections. 

This certainly isn’t the first time the left in the UK has played the part of woke police. Jaguar Land Rover now wants to persecute its working class factory workers for the new faith of the left.