Maria Alameda is not a troll. She apologized to me in a very sincere manner offlist. Culturally this is a very sensitive topic, and I have learned to deal with the criticism, weariness and lack of trust that people have towards the work I do based on my skin color and name. This is not the first time I have experienced sentiments like that, and I take each one very seriously. It's unfortunate, but, plenty of people have paved the way for folks like Maria to have the response she did. :-/
The other two..I'm not so sure. On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 5:34 PM, M. Williamson <node...@gmail.com> wrote: > Nathan, I think that Raul Gutierrez, Maria Alameda and "Elizabeth" are all > the same person, somebody trolling the list. While we occasionally get > single-issue new posters starting topics, it's rare to see them pop up in > the middle of a topic just to attack one user. Something fishy is > definitely > going on here. > > 2011/7/27 Nathan <nawr...@gmail.com> > > > On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Maria Alameda <m-alamed...@hotmail.com > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hello all > > > I usually don't comment on mailing lists but a colleague of mine > referred > > me here. I wanted to comment on the issues related to Native-american > > research raised earlier by Ms. Stierch. I found her outlook completely > > isolated from the realities. > > > I would rather attribute her naivety to her limited view of the world > as > > a fresh graduate. Personally, it reminds me of a somewhat racist outlook > > common among predominantly white-american graduates and students. While I > > agree there is a need for more research related to Native american > culture, > > I really can't agree with the implication that Native american culture is > as > > overlooked as some unknown tribe in New Guinea. > > > I should be thankful for her enthusiasm but this is ridiculous. I'm > happy > > for her residency at National museum of American Indian(s) and her thesis > or > > even efforts to change certain policies on Wikipedia, but none of that is > > connected with the much-larger cultural and race issues she's referring > to. > > While I wish her the best, I would hope she not use her thesis as an > excuse > > to comment on the realities of those cultural issues. Oral citation is > just > > one small aspect of a much larger culture she learnt in school. > > > I might be too sensitive here, but if her comments were to be applied > to > > african-american culture in the United States coming from a female > > white-undergraduate student pursuing her masters, her comments on the > plight > > and the issues of an entire race would seem rather patronizing. Perhaps, > its > > just me. > > > Maria AlamedaM.A, Ph.d (Native American studies) > > > > > > > This seems like an over-reaction to me. It doesn't seem horribly > > unlikely that Sarah is, if not alone, then among a very small group of > > academics studying the intersection of Native Americans and Wikimedia > > projects. > > > > Were her descriptions of the challenges facing Native American > > communities inaccurate? > > > > Are you aware of outreach efforts by the WMF aimed at Native > > Americans? (There are certainly many aimed at many other groups around > > the world; the seeming absence of focus on Native Americans would > > support Sarah's statement that they are "overlooked" in this regard). > > > > Could you explain the specific errors she made that led you to call > > her e-mail racist, patronizing and naive? I think if you are going to > > use such strong words, then more substantial criticism is required > > than simply stating that she is female, young and white. > > > > Nathan > > > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- GLAMWIKI Partnership Ambassador for the Wikimedia Foundation<http://www.glamwiki.org> Wikipedian-in-Residence, Archives of American Art<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SarahStierch> and Sarah Stierch Consulting *Historical, cultural & artistic research & advising.* ------------------------------------------------------ http://www.sarahstierch.com/ _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
