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Name Change - Oriental Tree #20545
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Name Change - Oriental Tree #20545
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Why are you changing this tree? |
Oriental is a dated word with a lot of historical baggage tied to colonialism. Its reductive broadness to include "all (mainland) Asian cultures" and them being "exotic" has lead to its falling out of use. At least where I'm from, its somewhat offensive to use today. While some people still seem to use the word, its considered enough of an issue that in the US, the federal government voted to ban its use in any official documents (see H.R. 4238 amending its use). There's just better words to use, at the end of the day. |
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It's in common usage to refer to things from the east (at least here) ((and according to merriam webster it seems perfectly fine if it's not used to refer to people)) but icba about a tree name
I see, fair enough. As far as I can really figure, the use of "oriental" really depends. Like, certain things like plants and animals use oriental as a describing feature. Oriental short hair for cats as an example. The issue use case for oriental where it is offensive seems to be to describe people as oriental (hence the house bill i mentioned) or to describe Asia as "the orient." |
/obj/structure/flora/pottedplant/orientaltree | ||
name = "potted oriental tree" | ||
desc = "This is a rather oriental style tree. It's flowers are bright pink." | ||
/obj/structure/flora/pottedplant/cherrytree |
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/obj/structure/flora/pottedplant/cherrytree | |
/obj/structure/flora/pottedplant/orientaltree |
Eh, it's fine to keep the path name. No one's gonna see it anyway.
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Thanks, but nah. the point is to remove it because its inaccurate and concerns regarding its use.
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1984
Changes the name of the "potted oriental tree" to "potted cherry blossom tree", along with changing the description.