Revision as of 04:57, 9 March 2006

I amdeeceevoice.

A Caveat

Misplaced Pages is a technology-driven enterprise. As a result, it is skewed toward a white, male, under-50 demographic -- and anyone with a computer and Internet access can edit virtually anything. This has resulted in appalling subject matter deficits and various biases vis-à-vis subject matter treating people of color, the Third World and, most notably, African peoples. The nature of such biases runs the gamut from simply naivete and a kind of youth-driven myopia/provincialism, to a pervasive Eurocentrism/cultural bias, to racism (both mindless and calculated, subtle and blatant/virulent). I have found the project's self-policing mechanisms likewise riddled with some of the same problems, resulting in governance structures the members of which often function without integrity or accountability, who are often hostile, antagonistic, hypocritical and unjustly and unfairly punitive.

In short, Misplaced Pages is all too often an unreliable source riddled with systemic bias.

Personally, I do not believe Misplaced Pages is an effective venue for treating subjects related to African peoples; however, I continue to edit from time to time in an attempt to set the record straight on the race.

Misplaced Pages is a noble idea in an, IMO, deeply flawed incarnation. It has its pluses, but plenty minuses as well.

Reader, fair warning:

DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU SEE IN PRINT.