Re:A YouTube chat about chess got flagged for hate speech
by glandium on Thursday July 22, 2021 @07:23AM
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In Shogi aka "Japanese chess", while for some reason in English, the players are Black and White, in Japanese, they are ε
ζ (sente, literally first hand/before hand) and εΎζ (gote, literally second hand/after hand). Black is first, BTW.
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Re:A YouTube chat about chess got flagged for hate speech
by hvis on Thursday July 22, 2021 @08:28AM
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It would be easy to choose a narrative that casts the first player in the bad light as well.
Chess is a game of war, isn't it? So whoever goes first is the aggressor.
So if Black goes first, that can also play into certain racial biases people have.
Re:A YouTube chat about chess got flagged for hate speech
by glandium on Thursday July 22, 2021 @04:07PM
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Except there are actually no color difference in Shogi. Which player a piece belongs to is indicated by its direction (at least that's my layman understanding). I have no clue why English goes with Black and White.