March 3rd, 2004, 02:19 PM
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Racism and Chess
Oh brother - give me a break...
Racism and Chess
And here is a different article that was sent to me, so I don't know where it came from.
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New Frontiers in Civil Rights
Did you know that chess is racist? Sure enough, it is,
according to the Southern Digest, the student
newspaper at Southern University and A&M College in
Baton Rouge, La.:
Everyone knows that in a chess game white moves first.
This abstractly implies that white has a distinct
advantage over black because black has to always take
a defensive stand. Some see this as a continuing form
of racism and want to change the rules of the game.
A man named Bill Ware has a "plan of attacking racism
in chess":
Ware plans on removing color superiority by allowing
the pieces to either be the same or different colors
such as red, blue, green, etc. The determining factor
on who moves first depends on what square the queen
sits on.
Chess is played on a grid and each square has a
variable of A-H, and a number of 1-8.
According to Ware, whichever queen sits on the square
D-1, that is the team that moves first. This way,
nether color has priority or an inherent right to move
first. . . .
Ware said he wants the students he helps to teach the
skills they learned to others. He also wants to
eliminate the stereotype that if you're white you're
right and if you're black, step back.
This is a good opening move, but it's not nearly
enough. Chess is not only racist but sexist, classist
and homophobic. How come you can sacrifice your queen,
but if you lose your king, the game is over? Why is
there an underclass of "pawns"? Oh sure, they're
promised they can be upwardly mobile if they only play
by the rules, but how often does a pawn actually
become a queen? And why are rooks only allowed to move
straight? The time has come to demand equality for all
chess-Americans and free the game from its checkered
history!
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March 3rd, 2004, 02:32 PM
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Who moves first in checkers?  |
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March 3rd, 2004, 02:35 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Djaughe
Who moves first in checkers?
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The Communists. |
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March 3rd, 2004, 02:35 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Djaughe
Who moves first in checkers?
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The Indians...err...the red pieces do. 
Shawn
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March 3rd, 2004, 02:40 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by FischerKing
The Indians...err...the red pieces do.
Shawn
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Native Americans
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March 3rd, 2004, 02:43 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Djaughe
Native Americans
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Feathers - not dots?
Shawn
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you win, you are still retarded..."
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March 3rd, 2004, 03:03 PM
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Krycek, Alex Krycek
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Lol, I was just playing chess with a friend another day and she pointed out chess was homophobic- why not have two kings or two queens, in the name of diversity.
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March 3rd, 2004, 04:42 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by SirStefan32
Lol, I was just playing chess with a friend another day and she pointed out chess was homophobic- why not have two kings or two queens, in the name of diversity.
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With that sort of humor going on, I don't know how you could stay concentrated on the game  |
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March 3rd, 2004, 06:36 PM
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Krycek, Alex Krycek
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I did my usual double bishop+ knight attack/ sacrifice on the castle, but she managed to defend her King, and I lost eventually. 
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March 4th, 2004, 11:27 AM
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Jolly Nihilist
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check out
chess variations on google - there's some folks with a lot of time on their hands making up variants sure to please all political slants....
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March 4th, 2004, 05:17 PM
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Just win, baby
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Let's see...chess was invented in the 7th century, and it's the 21st century now...
That's 1,400 years of no racism complaints. Until now.
I hate Political Correctness.   |
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