Racism, On Wikipedia Options

[Emperor]

Racism

They seem to have some idea what the definition is but not in the first lines of the article.

Racism is the belief that inherent different traits in human racial groups justify discrimination. In the modern English language, the term "racism" is used predominantly as a pejorative epithet. It is applied especially to the practice or advocacy of racial discrimination of a pernicious nature (i.e. which harms particular groups of people), and which is often justified by recourse to racial stereotyping or pseudo-science. Racism is popularly associated with various activities that are illegal or commonly considered harmful, such as extremism, hatred, xenophobia, (malignant or forced) exploitation, separatism, racial supremacy, mass murder (for the purpose of genocide), genocide denial, vigilantism (hate crimes, terrorism), etc.

Chock full of garbled English and debatable definitions (that differ from Merriam-Webster and Dictionary.com).

Also note the gigantic Bank of America banner in the middle of the article.

[Selina]

The Jeffrey Latham who who has been screaming against me on Facebook is known as Blu Aardvark on the neo-nazi site Stormfront (and was the same on Wikipedia too until getting banned - no doubt returned, and I wouldn't be surprised if was involved in creating the racial-totally-not-racist "separatism" articles):
google.com/search?q=site:stormfront.org "Blu Aardvark"

Whether or not a person agrees with the media stereotype, one cannot deny that the media stereotype is precisely how most Americans view the Klan. The robes might make a statement of pride in one's own race, but it's a statement that none will hear except for those who are already aware, because of the negative stigma attached to those robes.

Why do Racists have low IQ's?
First, allow me to clarify that this is *not* my viewpoint. Rather, it is the title of an article by a group of PSU students who are quite obviously biased in their views and reporting.

http://www.clubs.psu.edu/up/sayar/riqs.htm

I'm just curious as to people's thoughts related to this excellent "research"

Re: This election is proof that racism is losing it's grip in the US
Barack Hussein Obama produced a birth certificate, yes, but evidence indicates that he has not produced a valid one

I am disgusted by the pack of lies that are sold with it. The Jews were hated because of what they had done to the Germans, not because of some twisted belief in racial superiority

But please, to those offering proof that the Holocaust happened, and that six million Jews were pwned by the Germans, try to avoid falling onto the same tired arguments.

Re: U.K. Teachers drop the Holocaust to avoid offending Muslims
Hmm. So maybe it's not because of the fear of offending Muslims, but rather because they fear being asked questions they can't answer in relation to the alleged atrocities.

Or maybe it's because the Jews know they can't possibly extort money from the Muslims, and thus, won't waste valuable time in doing so when they can be brainwashing more gullible peoples.

There are white men and women who are [apparently] unconnected to the Zionist cause, who have nonetheless done great damage to our nation. Zionism is indeed a significant concern

I was a Wikipedia editor, and ended up butting heads with several of the Jewish editors there over, and the accusations of antisemitism started flying. I've since learned that this is an entirely programed response, to be expected. But it really troubled me when I first encountered it.

I know that in the American system, at least, if a student shows any degree of independent expression and thought, they are branded as having some form of "mental disorder" or another, medicated, and sent back to school in a drug-induced stupor

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[thekohser]

The Jeffrey Latham who who has been screaming against me

Selina, have you noticed how many situations you seem to describe as people "screaming" at / about / against you?

What do you think the common thread is there, I ask calmly and quietly?

[Emperor]

The Jeffrey Latham who who has been screaming against me

Selina, have you noticed how many situations you seem to describe as people "screaming" at / about / against you?

What do you think the common thread is there, I ask calmly and quietly?

Please connect your answer somehow to the Wikipedia article called "Racism" or simply ignore the question or answer it somewhere else.

And Greg, come on. Enough already.

[thekohser]

And Greg, come on. Enough already.

Okay, how's this...

A possible explanation for how racism is documented and manifested on Wikipedia lies here. That's Wikimania 2006. How many non-white, non-Asian attendees do you spot? I see two in a room of about 106 race-identifiable people. That's 1.89%.

Boom. We're back on topic.

[jsalsman]

A possible explanation for how racism is documented and manifested on Wikipedia lies here. That's Wikimania 2006. How many non-white, non-Asian attendees do you spot? I see two in a room of about 106 race-identifiable people. That's 1.89%.

African American wikipedians seem to stay around longer than most editors, at least those who self-identify by userbox (which include some likely GNAA, by the way.)

(IMG:http://i44.tinypic.com/24zhxrc.png)

[TungstenCarbide]

African American wikipedians seem to stay around longer than most editors, at least those who self-identify by userbox (which include some likely GNAA, by the way.)
http://i44.tinypic.com/24zhxrc.png

I don't see Bcorr on that list - he was one of the first bureaucrats.

[jsalsman]

African American wikipedians seem to stay around longer than most editors, at least those who self-identify by userbox (which include some likely GNAA, by the way.)
http://i44.tinypic.com/24zhxrc.png

I don't see Bcorr on that list - he was one of the first bureaucrats.

No, it was thrown together from the userbox category, and Bcorr only has babelboxes. Also, there wasn't enough room on the horizontal axis for all 144, so only every 4th or 5th is actually shown.

There is also the possibility that African Americans don't stay around much longer than editors with userboxes describing themselves (which implies at least an emotional investment in identity as an editor) but they do stay around longer than typical users with the same numbers of edits.

[lilburne]

African American wikipedians seem to stay around longer than most editors, at least those who self-identify by userbox (which include some likely GNAA, by the way.)
http://i44.tinypic.com/24zhxrc.png

I don't see Bcorr on that list - he was one of the first bureaucrats.

No, it was thrown together from the userbox category, and Bcorr only has babelboxes. Also, there wasn't enough room on the horizontal axis for all 144, so only every 4th or 5th is actually shown.

There is also the possibility that African Americans don't stay around much longer than editors with userboxes describing themselves (which implies at least an emotional investment in identity as an editor) but they do stay around longer than typical users with the same numbers of edits.

Surprising didn't Fred Bauber say that African Americans were culturally unsuited to doing anything like editing an encyclopaedia voluntarily?

http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=31459&st=0

[thekohser]

Surprising didn't Fred Bauber say that African Americans were culturally unsuited to doing anything like editing an encyclopaedia voluntarily?

http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=31459&st=0

And for those who prefer to read about things in concise, spam-blog format, rather than message board threads, there was this summary, though how anyone could consider that "mainstream media" is preposterous.

[Detective]

though how anyone could consider that "mainstream media" is preposterous.

In the interests of improving comprehensibility for others, I suggest a rewording, e.g.

"though it would be preposterous for anyone to consider that "mainstream media"".

Otherwise, an excellent post, Greg! +1