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Do you consider the term "rice" or "ricer" to be racist? (lemmy.ml)
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The Wikipedia definition 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"?

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[–] be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago

Following that logic we should rename lots of things, as any word can be use in a despicable way.

Any word CAN be, but in this case you have a group of people telling you it IS hurtful to them. Those aren't the same thing.