Does Jeff Bezos own his employees? Marc Zuckerberg own his? Does the person who owns/funds your the organization you work at own you?
LOL at "long time ago" line too. The effects have not left usl
I do agree that this isn't the most significant thing to fight for, but because it was a long time ago, and slavery is over, we should be using different terms.
I remember when Dan Snyder bought this team and was forcing Darrell Green to call him Mr. Snyder, even though Green is five years older. Stuff like that has to stop.