Talk:Racism on the Internet

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Yahoo's Use of Racist Hashtag Nicknames
For the past few month's Yahoo has been carelessly running article headlines based on Twitter stories connected to racism. This issue comes from the use of hashtags like "#PermitPatty" or "#BarbecueBetty" Rather than the stories themselves, it is the reuse of these racist hashtags that are the issue. Names like Patty, Betty and the many others are names that connect to a white person. There is no reason for Yahoo to use these titles other than for its own agenda which seems to be racist. Were Yahoo to run hashtags like #KmartKeisha or #IPhoneImani or #AngryAaliyah there would be great opposition and calls of racism. It is also the case with the current names being used by Yahoo. I write this just to note the issue which is receiving more and more critical feedback on the continuous articles that seem to be trending using these hashtags.

101.108.120.134 (talk) 22:48, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Technology and Culture
— Assignment last updated by BlueWaterBottle67 (talk) 16:47, 16 September 2022 (UTC)

Ariana Grande and Kim Kardashian
I removed a bit of text about Ariana Grande and Kim Kardashian because it was based on an unreliable source, but I am not against reincluding something similar based on a better source like The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2020/apr/14/blackfishing-black-is-cool-unless-youre-actually-black

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Racism_on_the_Internet&diff=1159303716&oldid=1159300382 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Javascripttest (talk • contribs) 14:10, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Race in America, sec 2
— Assignment last updated by Xyz1101 (talk) 00:09, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Coining the term
I just removed a claim that an author coined the term "cyber racism" in 2002, as 1) it was sourced to an article by the supposed coiner, and 2) I can find a fair number of previous newspaper examples of the term (generally hyphenated), as far back as 1996 in Canada, 1997 in Australia, 2000 in US. -- Nat Gertler (talk) 16:10, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Recent page move undone
I just undid your move of this page from Racism on the Internet to Racism on the internet (change in capitalization of the last word) not because it was inherently wrong, but because it was inherently controversial. The question of whether to capitalize "internet" in sentence case on Wikipedia is controversial, as can be seen in these RFCs. Per the guideline on controversial page moves, this should be discussed first and moved only when consensus is found. -- Nat Gertler (talk) 03:38, 12 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Thank you for the explanation and for linking the relevant discussion. Had I been aware of that discussion, I would not have moved the page without first getting consensus. A. Randomdude0000 (talk) 03:59, 12 May 2024 (UTC)