[Foundation-l] A question for American Wikimedians

[Fred Bauder]

>>
>> 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