Do you consider the term "rice" or "ricer" to be racist?

https://lemmy.ml/post/2080934

Do you consider the term "rice" or "ricer" to be racist? - Lemmy

The Wikipedia definition [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_burner] seems to indicate it has origins as a racist term and I’ve never understood why unix users have adopted this terms instead of something benign like “themes” or “theming” which I remember being in use long before I ever heard “rice”. So what gives? Why use “rice” instead of “theme”?

Yes, it is a derogatory term from car modification. Taking away the context doesn’t make it any less racist.

Taking away the context doesn’t make it any less racist.

How doesn’t it? I would argue most people who use the term ‘rice’ aren’t even aware of its origins.

I defenitely didn’t until this thread, and I’ve been following the custom desktop scene for a few years now.

I just assumed some weird relation to playing with your food by drawing pictures in your rice with chopsticks.

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