Wikipedia wants to remove the Science fiction by writers of color category

[Diane]

This was posted on the Carl Brandon site this week.
Re: Black Science Fiction in Wikipedia

The following message is from Jenn (who is having trouble posting
messages to CarlB list):

Please Help with Wikipedia issues:

I need help! There is currently a fight going on to delete the
category: Science

fiction by writers of color. The excuse for the deletion is ---

Quote:

"Two basic concerns here - Everyone has a skin colour it is an
irrelevancy.

Second it may have some relevancy on the biography pages, but what
on earth does it have to do with their fictional output. It maybe a
subject of the work but that is different from the colour of the
author."
See the discussion here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Lo...

I know that Wikipedia is crazy and all but I still think that this
is worth fighting for. We will be erased ya'll!!


Jenn

[Diane]

And they did. The conflict is over - at least for them. It seems like another example of him telling our story. I find that their entries are not always quite correct.

[A. Carlton]

I did not know this. Ghettozation or erasure still seem to be the only options we get.