Racism and Wikipedia

Namibia, Himba girl

• Leading Wikipedian explains why blacks don't volunteer Gregory Kohs November 17th, 2010 11:27 pm ET
  • "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." --Fred Bauder
• Racist undertones on Wikipedia Gregory Kohs October 20th, 2010 9:52 am ET
  • "Gary Foster of Fort Pierce, Florida, [...] in all seriousness suggested in May 2010 that a photo of a topless post-pubescent Ethiopian girl would be a suitable illustration for the Wikipedia article about primates."