Love your videos! At the risk of being” that person”, we need to stop using the term master bedroom. People in the know use “primary” or “owners” suite. The term “ master” bedroom is a holdover from slavery. Thanks for listening!
We are so glad you enjoy the videos, but just to clarify this: the term master bedroom first came about in the 1920s in the Sears Home catalogue. Well after slavery was abolished in the US. Its origins are not rooted in slavery. Thanks for the concern.
I am aware of the source to which you are referring. However, the Sears and Robuck catalog from which the term originated was authored by someone who, indeed, used the term to reference the bedroom of the master of the house in the subservient sense. There are articles in the Library of Congress that reference this. In the 1920s, servants quarters still existed. Those servants were black. Hence there were still references to the master/slave relationship. The one thing I do not want to do is get into an historical back-and-forth regarding this term. Historians have solidified it’s true meeting, regardless of what Google may say. Your homes are lovely. It’s a small but meaningful gesture to begin using the term primary suite or owner’s suite. Thank you!
Love your videos! At the risk of being” that person”, we need to stop using the term master bedroom. People in the know use “primary” or “owners” suite. The term “ master” bedroom is a holdover from slavery. Thanks for listening!
We are so glad you enjoy the videos, but just to clarify this: the term master bedroom first came about in the 1920s in the Sears Home catalogue. Well after slavery was abolished in the US. Its origins are not rooted in slavery. Thanks for the concern.
I am aware of the source to which you are referring. However, the Sears and Robuck catalog from which the term originated was authored by someone who, indeed, used the term to reference the bedroom of the master of the house in the subservient sense. There are articles in the Library of Congress that reference this. In the 1920s, servants quarters still existed. Those servants were black. Hence there were still references to the master/slave relationship. The one thing I do not want to do is get into an historical back-and-forth regarding this term. Historians have solidified it’s true meeting, regardless of what Google may say. Your homes are lovely. It’s a small but meaningful gesture to begin using the term primary suite or owner’s suite. Thank you!