Systemic Racism in Chess: White moves first.
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A typical tactic of racists is to accuse the person who tries to reform potential racial overtones of any longstanding institution as being a racist, in order to make them cower socially and bully them away. If I propose that 1-2 pawns on each side be shield-maidens, amazons, or valkyries, are you going to accuse me of being a sexist? If I propose the bishop be renamed back to adviser, are you going to accuse me of being a religious right wing fundamentalist? Well done, everyone.
Pawn lives matter!
Black First.
Jul 7, 2020
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#24
I always take the knee if I get white. I know historical and current racism are nothing to do with me but if I make a gesture I feel better about myself. That's also why I clap for the NHS 👏
redghost101 wrote:
People. A game is a game. There is no point in saying it is racist. There are whites in our e
yes. Our eyes must be racist as there are whites not blacks. There is no logic
yes
White plays first because black has an advantage - all the pieces have hidden gun somewhere in their baggy pants. MMMhhhhm.
Two legs - bad, four legs -good. I mean - BLM, BLM, BLM... BLT, BLT, BLT... oh man. I got hungry.
Jul 7, 2020
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#29
To be perfectly fair, both players must make the move simultaneously...
"On 3.........1...2...3!"
Jul 7, 2020
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#30
dannyhume wrote:
I agree fundamentally with what you say. I like random designs and colors for the pieces and the squares on the checkered board, but refer to the players as “The Initial” and ”The Subsequent”. For the pieces, I would refer to the king as “short range prize”, the queen as “tridimensional long range mover”, the bishops as “unidimensional diagonal monochromatic long range mover 1” (and 2), the knight as “unique bichromatic short range mover 1” (and 2), the rook as “bidimensional long range mover 1” (and 2), and pawns as “patriotic heroes who would never disrespect the flag”
I submit that the Pawns should be referred to as "translationally challenged multitudians".
someone pls lock this forum
Maybe pawns just wish to identify as forward thinking non-diagonalists, which mostly fails when they are diagonally challenged....
🙄why are we arguing about this
Jul 7, 2020
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#34
Chinese_Person wrote:
someone pls lock this forum
I could try identifying as a mod, but it probably wouldn't work...
Jul 7, 2020
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#35
121211 wrote:
🙄why are we arguing about this
I don't think we're really arguing. I think we're just taking fun pot-shots at this point. hehe
How is this fun?
"...and pawns as “patriotic heroes who would never disrespect the flag”
lol
Umm no!
