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Are these racially derived, or just the idea of opposing forces or other connotations of white and black? Games such as Go, Chaturanga, Chess, Reversi commonly
by haspoken 6y ago
Are these racially derived, or just the idea of opposing forces or other connotations of white and black?
Games such as Go, Chaturanga, Chess, Reversi commonly use black vs white pieces and are depicted as such in early illustrations.
I think that there are other reasons for black vs white than race.
I did find the article "The light and dark of language" that touches on this. ( https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2009/12/the-light-and-dark-of-language.html https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2009/12/the-light-and-dar... )
- mnm1 6y agoObviously the black side will have to start first in chess now. Reparations. We can also swap the black and white keys on all pianos. So many things to do to fight racism. /s
- GuB-42 6y agoInterestingly, black starts first in go. Also black and white keys used to be reversed in early keyboards, they changed it to make it easier to see the separation between keys.
- alboy 6y agoIt's all fun and games until you realize that the convention of White making the first move is very recent (mid-to-late 19th century) and was invented by white people.