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.

  • Solemn@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    Asian American. As you mentioned, the roots of this weird are racist, and I’d argue that it was not “lowkey” either. If you said this around me in real life, I’d probably give you a funny look and assume you’re ignorant. But that doesn’t mean I’m not offended. Racism has caused honest trauma to me, and despite your innocent intentions, you are causing me pain.

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      1 year ago

      I respect that, I honestly might not be very informed on the thing, so if it does still hurt then, by all means, let’s get rid of it