History continues to be written by Anglos and it's just as apparent in Wikipedia..and add a male dominated voice, and well...that's history. <br><br>The same goes for topics about Native American subjects. I say it in my lecture about Indigenous peoples working with Wikipedia - it's just like any other history, it's primarily written by white males, and that has to change (followed with a picture of Kevin Costner). (I'm sure the same goes for other communities/races/ethnicity/skin colors articles, whatever you prefer, as well, these are just two areas I tend to write in..)<br>
<br>Malcolm X described history being "bleached," and I couldn't agree more. <br><br>And here is one of my favorite Onion slaps: <a href="http://www.theonion.com/articles/white-history-year-resumes,139/">http://www.theonion.com/articles/white-history-year-resumes,139/</a><br>
<br>Having dialogue like this is a great start - I'd love to see it develop into a larger community discussion, like the gender gap publicity did. There is a lot of work to do, but, if we can develop successes with women, I like to think we can develop opportunities with more specific communities - and perhaps both at the same time.<br>
<br>-Sarah<br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 7:28 PM, Brandon Harris <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bharris@wikimedia.org">bharris@wikimedia.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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On 9/19/11 4:26 PM, Andreas Kolbe wrote:<br>
> Here is an example of Caucasian bias: the en:WP article on [[hair<br>
> straightening]].<br>
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> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair_straightening" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair_straightening</a><br>
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> Despite the fact that this is a topic of great practical interest to<br>
> black women, many of whom either have straightened their hair or have thought about doing it, the<br>
> article makes no mention of afro hair, and the only two images are of Caucasian women.<br>
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Topical to this, there is a documentary:<br>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Hair" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Hair</a><br>
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That points out that hair straightening (Relaxer) is a billion dollar<br>
industry. This is a clear bias; I'm actually flabbergasted by this.<br>
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