(To my knowledge) no one has an answer to this question that is backed by rigorous research. This is one vital demographic question to ask, but just looking at the sparse (self-selected) Category at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:African_American_Wikipedians is not really evidence that we're "exclusively" white. We really need to study it more.
Also, point of quibbling as an American: not looking to argue about it, but Obama is generally thought of as African American, as it says in the second sentence of his en.wiki article. It might offend people if you try and say our President isn't black. Steven On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Milos Rancic <mill...@gmail.com> wrote: > For some time I am a bit puzzled by the fact that I don't know any > African American Wikimedian. For some time just because I am living in > a European country without African population, so everything seemed to > me quite normal for a long time. > > I tried to make a parallel between Roma people and African Americans, > but it is not a good one. It is very hard to find a Roma with > university degree. At the other side, two former State Secretaries are > African Americans and present US president is almost, too. > > What are the reasons? Why American Wikimedian community is exclusively > white? > > Maybe the answer to that question would give us an idea what should we > solve to get more contributors. > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
