Fyre-chan's gonna tork some people off, so if anyone wants to hit the bomb shelter now, I'll wait.
::waiting....::
OK, that should be enough time.

Mosca! I was getting worried! It's been a couple of months since you've stirred up some major trouble. Couldn't get biters on the "commercial textures for free items" complaint, huh? ::ducks::
I don't know Dalinise, so I went to look at her other products and her website. Given the way she writes and the small tidbits of what looks like a Germanic language in places on her site, I'd guess she's in Europe. I understand racial relations and language connotations are completely different there than in the US, and then you can add in misunderstands caused by translation.
Second, look at how the Brown Sugar textures started. I believe that first was a texture for Vicki and the Milgirls, and frankly, the kids look very sweet in it. "Sugar" seems fitting in that regard, and the skin tone is, well, brown, just like my skintone is a weird sickly white-peach-pink thing. I imagine Michael's "Brown Sugar" package was named that to tie into the earlier ones.
So...
Are the package names and "Dark Continent" references perhaps insensitive? Sure.
Does Dalinise need a little gentle enlightenment that it bothers some people? Sure.
Do I think Dalinise was intentionally being racist or trying to tork people off? No.
Do I think we need to get out the pitchforks and torches? No.
Do I think we maybe need to give Dalinise and anyone else in a similar situation in the future the benefit of the doubt and offer a gentle nudge in the right direction rather than burning at the stake? Yes.
Do I think I should shut up now after typing and then deleting several additional questions which REALLY would have gotten me in trouble? Oooh yeah.