Re: Genre "N****punk"

[Jens Georg <mail jensge org>]

That term seems to have a long history of discussion, and is indeed 
ridiculous (as many of the Winamp genres).

One question, though: How yould you suggest to handle music that is 
already tagged with genre ID 133?

> hello easytag developers,
>
> please remove the genre "N****punk" from the genre list of your
> software. as that word is a pejorative and insulting term for black
> people in german.
>
> please see the first section of
>
> https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neger
>
> which states
>
> "Neger gilt heute allgemein als Schimpfwort und als abwertende,
> rassistische Bezeichnung für schwarze Menschen."
>
> which means in english:
>
> "Negro today is widely recognized as an insult and as a derogatory and
> racist term for black people."
>
>
> this at least contradicts the opensource definition of the Open Source
> Initiative (http://opensource.org/osd).
>
>
>
> thank you,
> gabriel
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