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April 13, 2005
Fight Blogotry -- by any means necessary!
Via Charles Johnson, I see that Heather Mac Donald has expanded upon Steven Levy's contention that blogosphere lacks "diversity." If the top blogs link to other top blogs, Levy assumes that they are doing so out of race and gender solidarity. Levy is suggesting that if an Alpha blogger comes across a dazzling blog, he will link to it once he confirms that a white male writes it but pass it up if he discovers, for instance, that a Latino woman is behind its sharp and clever observations on current events.Wow. As usual, I'm lagging behind the Blogospheric Bell Curve. I knew I wasn't a certified Alpha Male Blogger, but until now I never suspected that this accounted for a simple fact: there are a number of top bloggers who do not blogroll Classical Values. It's blog bigotry -- blogotry for lack of a better word (and I suspect blatant beta blogophobia by alpha blogs might be involved) that's keeping me from achieving the diversity which is mine by right! I knew it. I just knew it! Obviously, the next step is to set up some sort of process headed by the victims ourselves! We should be allowed to elect an ombudsperson ("omblogsman" sounds sexist and New Ageist), so that aggrieved beta bloggers can file official complaints. I for one am sick and tired of hearing the usual suspects prattle on about the blogospere being a "meritocracy" which cannot be policed. Of course it can -- as even Ms. Mac Donald tacitly admits: The gatekeepers in the mainstream media — supposedly bigots who deny opportunity to members of various groups unless shamed or bullied into overcoming their prejudice — are not the problem, they are the solution! Far from being bigots, they are, in fact, obsessed with diversity. As Levy puts it, they have "found the will and the means to administer [the] extra care . . . required to make sure public discussion reflects the actual population."Might there be a way to police diversity among commenters as well? posted by Eric on 04.13.05 at 11:25 AM
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That sounds positively bloghorrific! Eric Scheie · April 14, 2005 03:11 PM Gee, I said it so quick I didn't realize I'd made up a new word! Eric Scheie · April 14, 2005 03:12 PM |
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