Do you consider the term "rice" or "ricer" to be racist? - eviltoast

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”?

  • NathanUp@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Yea, it’s an acronym that spells out a slur. It should be changed.