I am not looking to open your closed mode of thought. However, I'm afraid I have to disagree that rice is racist. I have experienced actual racism; not imaginary, not potential, but real and dangerous, the full-throated embodiment of human hate. It is awful and traumatic.
Some folks making cool desktop customizations and calling it rice as a cyberpunk / counter-cultural hacker term is neither racist nor awful.
Flip-side, this entire thread makes rice even cooler, now that there is a segment of people who have said "booo", it will be all but entrenched.
Personally, I like /c/unixporn/"Mah Desktop $ Shot"