Racial diversity and possible (probable, maybe even?) lack thereof.....
Andrew Charles Kennis (holden@escape.com)
Mon, 10 Aug 1998 23:08:41 -0400 (EDT)
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