In response to the question "
Why American Wikimedian community is exclusively white?" on the mailing list,
Fred says:
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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.
"
Wow. Maybe you can follow Phoebe's example and cite some evidence?"
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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.