To be fair, the whole ‘white goes first’ thing doesn’t seem to have been implemented until the late 19th century as a way to make tournaments more consistent.
It’s still probably a racist decision, I just don’t know if you can blame the guy who invented chess for it.
“I’m talking about the man who invented the game of chess… A game that for some racist reason cannot start unless the white piece moves first.” Nat X
Oh, you want to make the black pieces into the aggressors of the battle?! I see what you are!
Well, I do like to go bowling. There’s nothing like taking that big black ball and knocking it into those ten white pins with the red necks!
Sweep this poster off the stage Sandman!
To be fair, the whole ‘white goes first’ thing doesn’t seem to have been implemented until the late 19th century as a way to make tournaments more consistent.
It’s still probably a racist decision, I just don’t know if you can blame the guy who invented chess for it.