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Is anyone else offended by 'indianred' in CSS4 Color? (dev.w3.org)
over 8 years ago from Christopher Azar, Interaction Designer, Trove
16 comments
Luke Clark, over 8 years ago (edited over 8 years ago )
Christopher Azar, over 8 years ago (edited over 8 years ago )
Honestly thought there was a chance it was a racial slur. Sorry to come off as shallow and pedantic. TIL Thanks
David Darnes, over 8 years ago
This is it everyone, we've peaked. Welcome to the most pedantic discussion topic on Designer News.
Vaibhav Kanwal, over 8 years ago I am Indian and I am not offended.
There is soil which does look similar to the color and perhaps they thought it was convenient to name it that way.
I am really not sure why you'd ask this question.
Art Vandelay, over 8 years ago
OP asked because there is nothing else to do on the internet than complain about pointless shit.
Alexis Morin, over 8 years ago Has "offended-booking" become a trend? So many people on FB are posting articles about skewed / wrong LGBTQA+ integration, racism, feminism, gamergate (etc...) yet contribute nothing to the conversation. Just like this comment.
Pedro Pimenta, over 8 years ago Oh my! Thank you for teaching me about this brilliant man! Gotta watch it all now ahah
Bill Columbia, over 8 years ago How about spending time mulling over functional parts of the spec that need attention...
Stephanie Walter, over 8 years ago
Kudos for that, I'm offended by how crazy and totally not intuitive parts of the flexbox properties are named ^
Diederik Eenschooten, over 8 years ago
This might be the worst and most awkward question ever on DN. + it doesn't make any sense
Morten Riis, over 8 years ago (edited over 8 years ago )
not as offended as by "peachpuff" :)
See "Red Indian" in the Native American name controversy wikipedia article under the heading Obsolete and unacceptable terminology.
Account deleted over 8 years ago But its not called Red Indian, its called Indian Red, as in red soil in India.
Josh Sanders, over 8 years ago how about you not flip the words around, thus generating a completely different meaning than what was originally asked by OP. -_-
Florin Rimaru, over 8 years ago
The world doesn't revolve around the US you know... and we're all getting tired of all your fake political correctness. The term doesn't come from the US, it's a type of soil you learn about in 6th grade geography lessons when you study countries around the globe. Only an American would have thought that's a slur. For everyone else it's normal.
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