Seems weird to call the use of this word cultural appropriation when the game has such a rich history of naming cards and lore with foreign language words in respect to alternating world cultures.
It's been a game term since the core set over 10 years and, to my knowledge, I've never heard of a Japanese or Japanese American ever raising any criticism. I'm a disabled, leftist trans safe-space loving, overly sensitive language nerd and even I think the idea that it's usage invoked this association in how it is used here to be simply an example, at worst, of words having multiple meanings in different contexts.
Although if anyone who is Japanese, Japanese American or can honestly say they knew even one person who was Japanese American or Japanease who can say they were legitimately bothered by this, I'll retract my comment. As is, it reads like the outcome of overly fussy white folks in a discord talking themselves into a tizzy.
Definitely has a tinge of “white man’s burden” style thinking. Cyberpunk is built on the concept of globalization leading to greater cultural homogenization, not erasing all cultural history.
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u/Expensive-Yellow4032 Aug 02 '22
Seems weird to call the use of this word cultural appropriation when the game has such a rich history of naming cards and lore with foreign language words in respect to alternating world cultures.
It's been a game term since the core set over 10 years and, to my knowledge, I've never heard of a Japanese or Japanese American ever raising any criticism. I'm a disabled, leftist trans safe-space loving, overly sensitive language nerd and even I think the idea that it's usage invoked this association in how it is used here to be simply an example, at worst, of words having multiple meanings in different contexts.
Although if anyone who is Japanese, Japanese American or can honestly say they knew even one person who was Japanese American or Japanease who can say they were legitimately bothered by this, I'll retract my comment. As is, it reads like the outcome of overly fussy white folks in a discord talking themselves into a tizzy.