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submitted 1 year ago by blashork@hexbear.net to c/unixporn@lemmy.ml

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.

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[-] pearsche@lemdro.id 19 points 11 months ago

til about this, but like, I doubt anyone uses this in a racist way though, far from it.

[-] Solemn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Asian American here who's into car culture (where the term originated). It has always been a racist term from its inception, and is still used as a racist term today, from my experience.

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