cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/382278

I’m partially memeing bc i get that it’s a game from like 3000 yrs ago, but its a very easy modification.

Is there a reason why this isn’t done? Or changing the colors to something else? (Blue vs red, which seems to be video game standard)

  • erpicht
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    2 years ago

    The problem with that interpretation is that it is entirely unclear how the colors white and black have anything beyond the most superficial relation to the skin colors we associate with those words.

    The two usages and meanings are distinct; a white person refers to a white-skinned person, not someone who is the color white. The same holds for a black-skinned person.