]Koozer says:

To me, calling some a ‘person of color’ is as bad calling people ‘blacks,’ or ‘queer,’ all of which seem to be perfectly acceptable in America.

Rincewind says:

“People of color” is a generally accepted term among the activist community as a way around the problems raised by “ethnicities,” “minorities,” and “non-whites.” The word ethnicities carries with it a lot of historical baggage, so that one went out. Minorities isn’t a particularly good term because it defines people by the national demographic trends, even though in the particular area you’re looking at, that group may in fact be the majority.

daphne says:

John Walker, you truly have no idea what a “safe space” refers to in that context. In your rush to find something to criticize, you have nitpicked on the most innocent detail there is.

Please go to any self-respecting LGBT-friendly and/or feminist blog and get educated. You’ll find that they make similar claims of being a safe space. You go ahead and find about whether they mean to imply the rest of the whole world (or blogosphere) is unsafe.

I anticipate your cheeky edit.

Deano2099 says:

It’s true, but given that Walker is a huge proponent of feminism and equality in gaming, to the point of making half of the internet hate him, the fact that even he doesn’t know what ‘safe space’ means in this context pretty much demonstrates the problem with the phrase doesn’t it?

If John Walker of all people doesn’t get it, what hope for your average Penny Arcade attendee?

Juan Carlo says:

What I think Walker misses is that “Safe Zone” is a loooooong running program on college campuses which certifies professors and other administration in GLBT topics, then the certified people usually have a “Safe zone” sticker on their door which kind of advertises that people can safely talk to them about GLBT issues.

Drinking with Skeletons says:

There’s a few problems here.