>> >> The short answer: Wikipedia editors are volunteers and >> African-Americans >> rarely volunteer. >> >> The medium answer: African-American editors often edit only articles >> which relate to African-American and do that in a point of view way. >> >> The long answer: large blocks of African-American are oppressed, >> unemployed, poorly educated, and computer illiterate. Those that are >> educated and prosperous tend to be too busy, and as said, are not in >> the >> habit of volunteering. >> >> Another matter, although lip service is paid, few African-Americans >> have >> an interest in Africa, at least not enough to read and edit Wikipedia. >> >> African-Americans who live in ghettos in the inner city do bear some >> resemblance to Roma, the educated not so much; they are generally not >> entreprenurial as Roma are; they tend to take salaried jobs. >> >> All that said, we need to be as welcoming as possible, create good >> Wikipedia editing projects for them to plug into, and reach out when >> the >> opportunity arises. >> >> Fred Bauder >> >> >> > ...Wow. Maybe you can follow Phoebe's example and cite some evidence? >
A reaction like this is expected to any honest straightforward observation that is not politically correct. I lived in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver for yeara. I like Black people, but there are issues. Fred Bauder _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
