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I'm not bothered by it, but it is tacky.
When I was growing up, the term wasn't necessarily directed specifically towards Asian people, but Asian manufactured cars themselves. IE a Honda with a body kit and a loud muffler would be referred to as a "Rice Grinder" by some. It doesn't register in this context to me as racist, but definitely culturally insensitive and stupid.
I'm okay with the move to not use it.
Ok, but read what you just wrote again. "Asian manufactured cars" is only slightly abstracted from what you just tacitly acknowledged is racist.
I'm not saying the users of the term for Linux are intentionally being racist, but singling out Asian-manufactured cars is, or at least has been historically. Also, people put aesthetic mods on low quality American car models just as frequently.
I dont agree, and reserve the right to differentiate racism from insensitivity depending on context. But that doesn't mean we can't be on the same page, that the term shouldn't be used.
Ok why is there a shit storm about this word now? Linux modding isn't new. Ricing has been used to describe it for a long time. In many ways... isn't it good to pave over bad meanings with inclusive meanings?
because this isn't reddit anymore and racism isn't the default position.