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FWIW, DHH stated that only a handful of names were Asian. The vast majority of names on the list were English or Nordic. :|
by Quarrelsome 6y ago
FWIW, DHH stated that only a handful of names were Asian. The vast majority of names on the list were English or Nordic. :|
- ryanbrunner 5y agoI don't see why the percentage is super significant. If the reason they are on the list had to do with their ethnicity, it's still bad and something that should absolutely be addressed. Like 90% of the runtime of old racist Disney movies are fine and don't contain racial stereotypes, but that doesn't absolve the remaining 10% in any way, and if the movie was twice as long, the 5% of remaining insensitive content wouldn't be more justified.
- Quarrelsome 5y agoFrom the outside it sounds like the "racist name list" is a bunch of ethnic group one laughing at ethic group two where in practice its actually ethnic group one laughing at other ethnic group one people. I feel like that perspective paints a slightly different picture. This means the percentage is of some import.
- einarfd 5y agoSo they have an asshole list of "funny" names. When they get caught they argue that most of the people they are racists towards are white, So it's fine? White people can definitely be racist towards other white people, you can easily find examples of that in Europe, so that is definitely a thing. As an ethnic Norwegian, I'm not impressed over doing the list in it self, and then doubling down on the racism towards us by pretending it isn't. That makes it way worse.