The racist concept is this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Territorial_Imperative
I don't think it's actually related to "Cascadia", but the criticism of ecotopianism as a white liberal paradise is maybe a valid one. Thanks, Pharos On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 1:45 PM, James Hare <[email protected]> wrote: > Censored, or not included as a result of systemic bias, of Wikipedia’s > predominantly white editors not thinking to include it or look up sources > about it? Or omitted because the general historical narrative has erased > the presence of racism, meaning it would not be found in most sources that > would be used anyway? > > But if we have documentation that it was a racist phenomenon (and I can > see why it would be), we should certainly make sure to include it in the > article. And what better time than when people are interested in it? > > — > James Hare > Secretary, Wikimedia DC > https://wikimediadc.org > @wikimediadc > > > On Friday, November 11, 2016 at 1:28 PM, Dennis Bratland wrote: > > > That "Cascadia (independence movement)" Wikipedia article really goes out > > of its way to censor any mention of the white supremacist connection to > the > > Cascadia movement. E.g. > > > > http://crosscut.com/2015/07/hate-filled-zone-a-group-of- > white-racists-wants-a-nw-secession-a-vile-dream-with-deep-historic-roots/ > > > > Seems like anybody today who says "I don't need the Federal Government, > > they never did anything for me" is probably white, middle class and > > comfortably privileged. Having no Justice Department to force reform on > the > > Seattle Police Department wouldn't make any difference to the white > people > > of the city; the problems with the police department weren't affecting > them > > to begin with. I'd have a different attitude if the people of Seattle had > > been clamoring to clean up police abuse and it was the Feds holding them > > back. But Seattle was doing nothing and Justice had to sue to drag a > > reluctant Seattle to do anything about it. Or take away the Federal > > Government and the Washington is going to rush in and shut down the > casinos > > and everything else on the reservations. Tribal sovereignty, such as it > is, > > comes from Washington DC, not Olympia. > > > > I guess it's like when I hear a phrase like "America First" I can't help > > but think of Charles Lindbergh's fascist enablers. Cascadia triggers the > > same reaction from me. It sounds nice at first, but under the surface it > > looks ugly., and it's got some old connotations that are hard to forget. > > It's like a nice way of saying "states rights". It makes me think of > people > > who want to return Oregon to a whites-only state, or Seattle to the > > whites-only city it was originally founded as. > > > > Just saying. > > > > Dennis > > > > > > On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 2:56 AM, Lane Rasberry <[email protected] > (mailto:[email protected])> > > wrote: > > > > > (not cc'ing analytics) > > > > > > Thanks Bruce. I talk regularly with > > > <http://www.cascadianow.org/> > > > and have been asking about their capacity to be a nonprofit outreach > > > partner for the wiki chapter. > > > > > > I will raise this issue with them, because perhaps they can help > develop > > > the article. > > > > > > yours, > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 1:49 AM, Pine W <[email protected] (mailto: > [email protected])> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi WMF Analytics, > > > > > > > > It would be interesting to know where all this traffic is > originating. Do > > > > we have a way of tracking back the origin of Wikipedia pageviews to > > > > particular sites or pages? > > > > > > > > It would also be interesting to get a geographic picture of where > this > > > > traffic is originating. > > > > > > > > Pine > > > > > > > > Pine > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 10:45 PM, SounderBruce < > [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Since Election Day, they've increased from 900/day to over 273,000 > > > > > <https://tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews/?project=en. > > > > > wikipedia.org (http://wikipedia.org)&platform=all-access&agent= > user&range= > > > > > latest-10&pages=Cascadia_(independence_movement)> > > > > > . > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > *Bruce Englehardt / SounderBruce* > > > > > [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > > > > > [email protected] (mailto:Wikimedia-Cascadia@ > lists.wikimedia.org) > > > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > > > > [email protected] (mailto:Wikimedia-Cascadia@ > lists.wikimedia.org) > > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Lane Rasberry > > > user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia > > > 206.801.0814 > > > [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > > > [email protected] (mailto:Wikimedia-Cascadia@ > lists.wikimedia.org) > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > > [email protected] (mailto:Wikimedia-Cascadia@ > lists.wikimedia.org) > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia
