On Sun, 2 Aug 1998, Camille Scaysbrook wrote: > > > << I am skeptical about > > our racial diversity, but that's a rather large unknown due to the > nature > > of our medium here. >> > > > > Wow, that's a pretty amazing statement. What makes you skeptical about > the > > racial diversity of this list? That statement smacks of enormous > assumption > > and prejudice if you ask me. I wonder if you' d clarify. > > I think you misconstrue - he just means that on a listserve, there is no > race or colour which, far from being a racist statement is quite the > opposite. > > Camille > Thanks for stating a very relevant point that the original poster might have missed. Indeed, it cannot be known easily and probably without directly asking, what a particular person's race is via the medium of communication that list serves operate on. However, that didn't prevent me from merely stating a skepticism that I had about the demographics of this list. In another post, I detail why I had the initial skepticism. --AK