Why was the racial justice thread locked?

[N_Faker]

Using the N word should always result in a ban. Straight racism shouldn't have it's place here.

A group of African Americans play games among themselves, they use "nigger" in varying frequency when referring to each other.
For whatever reason a spectator observes this or someone in the group sends a gag report.

Should all of them be banned?

[Giordano Bruno 1974]

Added to which because of the African-American usage of the word in films, music etc this word is not seen as particularly offensive by people whose first language isn't English. It usually gets translated by the local equivalent of "black guy" in films and TV programmes that get subtitled.

I don't think the word should be allowed on BGA at all but how it is being used is very important in determining how much someone should be punished.

[Cullich]

You don't need it rammed down your throat. You can just ignore it if you don't want to see it. People who say this are usually racists.

I am a non-racist who is tired of having stuff crammed down my throat. Is there some reason why a non-racist can't get tired of hearing about something? How about not stereotyping people. Hate to tell you this, but you stereotyping isn't any better than some racist stereotyping.

It is true that some people will find a way to be offended over just about anything. Those people do not get to decide for everyone else what is right and wrong. I'm quite sure BGA doesn't care to essentially say that most of their games have something wrong with them. The site is here for gaming, not for history lessons and not for education. For those who want to educate, go to a more appropriate place to do it. I came here to play games. And the idea that I can simply play them and ignore all this, well, even seeing the title of the thread makes me feel like it's being crammed down my throat -- people start threads like this often enough that it's difficult to just ignore it and not feel like it's being crammed down one's throat.

If there are things in the games you don't like, just ignore them. It's pretty much the advice you just gave.

[Recyclops]

For the purpose of education, I would draw attention to Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission's (TRC) Calls to Action as a valuable read. You can find the calls to action here: http://trc.ca/assets/pdf/Calls_to_Action_English2.pdf

Much of it involves government taking action, but in a private corporate context, they call for corporations to:
Provide education for management and staff on the history of Aboriginal peoples, including the history and legacy of residential schools, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Treaties and Aboriginal rights, Indigenous law, and Aboriginal–Crown relations. This will require skills based training in intercultural competency, conflict resolution, human rights, and anti-racism.

I appreciate that BGA is based in France, not Canada, so another useful educational read is the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People (also known as "UNDRIP"). Much of the Canadian TRC's Call to Action are based on UNDRIP principles. It can be found here: https://www.un.org/development/desa/ind ... _E_web.pdf

Both England and France (and other European nations) were historically part of the colonization of North America, Australia, New Zealand, and many other Indigenous lands. Fun Fact: the Royal Proclamation of 1763 by King George III holds important legal value in the authority of colonial nations to claim ownership of Indigenous lands. The Proclamation was made following the Treaty of Paris which ended the Seven Years' War between England and France. The Proclamation requires colonial powers to make treaties with Indigenous peoples when claiming their land. This is very much at issue on the west coast of Canada because the colonial government did not make any treaties, they simply claimed the land on the legal concept of terra nullius and created the Residential School System in order to systemically eliminate Indigenous peoples which Canadian Judge and Senator Murray Sinclair has recently coined a "cultural genocide".

I hope this post has been educational and that it provides some reading material for everyone to look into in your own historical learning. Perhaps it will inspire you to read even deeper into the literature about what the effects of colonialism are to this very day. Thank you

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[xxerox]

Some people in here who have the privilage of the mods always try to derail topics on purpose so the topics to be closed. Those same people report everyone and everything.

And mods really don't give 2 cents about anything anywhere. If its not concerning them money wise they will ignore it.