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Re: IESG Statement On Oppressive or Exclusionary Language

Masataka Ohta <mohta@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp> Mon, 27 July 2020 16:52 UTC

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Eliot Lear wrote:

> but the right response is
> research results that demonstrate that the language needs to be
> change,

destroying Thriller, the Lord of the Rings and all the fantasies
and FRPGs in the future?

That's impossible.

Instead, you should accept that "black" is somewhat evil/bad
though it does not imply black skin or cloths are evil/bad.

For example, though rather a fantasy than reality, Ninja is
famous to have worn black cloths. So what?

						Masataka Ohta

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