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ANSC 185: Evaluating Wikipedia

I am still deciding on my topic and am debating between writing an article about how the NRA is anti-Black or on the racist history of UCSD. Because of this, I evaluated articles relating to both topic.


 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Rifle_Association

When I looked at the Talk page there was a section on how there is a lack of advocay for Black gun owners as opposed to white gun owners. For example, the NRA came under harsh critcism from its own members as well as other gun rights advocates in June 2017 for their silence on the fatal shooting of Philando Castile by a police officer. Castille had a valid gun permit to which he informed the police officer about but was still shot and killed for attemtping to retrieve his wallet from his pocket. The NRA is known for being quick to defend gun owners who make national news but when it came to Philando Castille, a Black male, they stayed silent. I also want to add in more Someone has been tryirng to get this published to the NRA’s wiki page but have failed repeatedly due to folks opposing the topic for being irrelevant. I would expand this whole section by including multiple examples of how the NRA is anti-Black from their lack of advocacy for Black gun owners to their anti-gun commercials targeting Black folks.


 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_San_Diego

The UCSD is extremely shallow especially when it comes to their history. They mention Angela Davis briefly only to mention how she protested for Herbus Marcues to become part of the administration. I also find it suprising that with all the attention it recieved, the Compton Cookout doesn’t have their own wikipedia page. You can tell that it was written by folks who want to keep UCSD’s reputation as this prestigious university that is extremely diverse. If I continue with this topic I am debating on either trying to change UCSD’s official page to add our history or to make a new page completely. I would start off with how UCSD was never meant for people of color and how despite all these years, they continue to do exactly that. I will do research on the earlier years and how students protested for the Campus Community centers, the EDI requirement, and other demands that have yet to be met. I will then include all the recent events including Black winter and the chalkings.