On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 6:02 PM Paul M Foster <pa...@quillandmouse.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 06:47:10PM +0000, jmax wrote: > > > Dear Brothers and Sisters: > > > > I am interested in starting some debian projects. As a homosexual, > > debian-using, black, I am surprised at the low numbers of black and/or > LGBT > > members of the debian community. I believe that starting debian-niggers, > and > > debian-gay or debian-lgbt projects would help to increase participation > of > > the respective parties in the debian community. > > I'm not your brother or sister, and not part of your demographic, and I > really don't care whether you do or don't start a SIG on black or LGBT > Debian interests. > > However, the word "nigger" is plainly offensive. It's been offensive for > decades, and most recently, whites have been entirely prohibited from > using the word, upon pain of death, while blacks readily use it with > impunity. > > If you're going to start a SIG for black/LGBT Debianistas, I'd politely > request you do so without resorting to inflammatory language. I imagine the > term "debian-blacks" would serve just as well without aggravating an > already > strongly divided world. > Yeah I'd probably be ok with debian-blacks, but someone will probably complain. I think it could be good for the community if it did come true. > In fact, I suspect the less we pay attention to skin color, the better off > we all will be. > Sadly we have no choice on this these days. We probably also have to create debian-yellows now, and while we're at it, debian-rainbow or debian-pride might be more politically correct. It's difficult to come up with names sometimes, but I'm sure we're up to the job.
