Re: It makes sense in context
Considering that I'm not black? Unlikely even by the standard that you suggest.
It's very simple - if I, as a white person, were to approach a black American in conversation and pull some sort of similar BUT MY IGNORANCE MEANS THAT I'M LESS RACIST bullshit, by suggesting that they shouldn't associate the word "master" with slavery so much, I would fully EXPECT that they would beat the shit out of me, and it would be nothing less than I would DESERVE.
Ignorance is not an excuse, and the sooner that we white people get that through our entitled fucking heads, the better.