It's not an N word. It is the association with slavery, and that being the basis of the name, that is the issue. The black pieces are equal to the white pieces in chess.
Black pieces are not equal in chess game both statistically and as a consensus among players, because white moves first, and the first move is an advantage in a chess game.
does it mean so much to you that these terms are not renamed? if they do mean that much to you perhaps consider why you feel that way. if they don't mean that much to you, why argue about it? especially if it means nothing to you but can mean something to someone else, something that causes no real hardship for you, why can't you do that for a fellow human without it needing to be justified.
Because any way I look at the social issues it does not make sense to me, same as I would go to doctor and tell him my head hurts and his suggestion would be to change my nickname on HK, same as my program has a bug, but instead of identify issue, I would try to rename a project name.
I ask myself where this stops, what next terms used on non-living entities we have to rename that some people perceive offense when used outside context and most importantly when such terms applied to
humans.
What kind of exemplary action does this demonstrate for future generations?
In short, this is what kind of example it demonstrates to me, when you have a serious issue, instead of addressing this issue, let's look where we can rename words without any purpose, just so we look we put effort in addressing given issue.
These sorts of changes are not meant to be cures or fixes for the problem. They are intended as a way to change our language to improve inclusion and remove negative connotations. If you think this is all that is being done, or all that should be done, or shouldnt be done at all then again you fall on the side of the problem. If your argument is "this won't fix anything" then perhaps start on the big fixes that will, but until then don't spend energy criticising people who are trying. Every journey starts with a single, small step. Don't be the obstacle.
> They are intended as a way to change our language to improve inclusion and remove negative connotations.
How does it removes negative anything is beyond my mental gymnastics, as I pointed out in previous posts.
Your issue with criticism does not make sense ether, instead of attacking me personally; why not to try to exemplify why and how renaming terms removes negative connotations that address social issues ?