[Foundation-l] A question for American Wikimedians

[Fred Bauder]

ve to get more contributors.
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>> The short answer:
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> this seems like a whole lot of unfounded (and fairly offensive)
> generalizations? If you're really making a class-based argument, then
> yes, I think the privileges of having free time, a decent education
> and good internet access are all class-correlated to some extent and
> are all likely prerequisites for becoming a Wikipedian -- and that's
> applicable everywhere. But class cuts across ethnicity and gender; you
> can make the same arguments about poor white people, or whoever. (For
> what it's worth, I grew up in a rural area that was lily-white but
> very poor, and very poorly educated; urban demographics aren't the
> only part of the U.S. to consider).
>
> -- phoebe
>

I doubt many white people of any nationality from an impoverished
background edit either. Poor education, restricted interests, etc.

Fred Bauder