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.
Ah, respectability politics. Dispute is so horrible that it must be avoided at all costs. It’s creating all this chaos!
You know your exact rhetoric is used by racists to create plausible deniability for themselves. The reason racists use words with double meanings is because people like you will always come and talk down to others who call it out. Let me guess: which part of the “media” is creating chaos in society?
The pejorative comes from a history rooted in racism. Racism does not require intent because it’s a system of bigotry with the intent to control others and common speech. This is where “dogwhistles” come from, words that on the surface seem okay but are really just signals to other racists. You can’t just always assume that people “made a mistake” in every situation.
I think it’s possible to find an old mass murderous dictator using your rethoric.