Meta post I’ve decided to make. I enjoyed the unixporn subreddit a lot when I used reddit more. I enjoy customizing my linux de as much as the next nerd.

But you definitely shouldn’t use racist slang to refer to the process.

To be clear, I didn’t know the origin of the term ‘ricing’ until fairly recently. I was chattimg with my friend and used it to describe my de setup. They informed me that apparently it’s from car customization, and is a pejorative against generally asian men who customize their car to look like a racecar.

After learning this I was sad to realize just how engrained it is in linux de customization culture. I personally have stopped using the term, and I would ask everyone here stop as well.

    • temptest [any]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      One of the top-rated replies so far is an Asian who expresses they are offended, so that can’t be right.

      What power and control does this even give someone?

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        It’s fucked that they have to stand up and announce “yes I vouch that the Asian community is offended by this word”. It’s like having to ask a child to put their clothes in the hamper every single day after they get home from school. Can’t you just grow up and do it without having to be asked?

        I’m white, and it’s a slur. I want it gone too. Can we just quietly put our slurs away without being asked already?

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      1 year ago

      Hi. Asian American here. I’m honestly offended by this term, and deeply offended by you assuming you can speak for me on this topic.