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”?
This is the same as people not using Gimp because they never understood what really means and feel it’s derogatory. Sometimes a word is just that, a word, and there’s no profit from overthinking it. But in the same regard you can use the term “theme” if it makes you happier.
There are plenty of articles and comments out there from disabled people recounting how that word has been weaponized against them. When people are telling us this, it seems pretty tasteless to continue using it.
It’s an acronym, just that. We can argue is a misfortune one but that’s it.
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