Talk:Springfield Race Riot of 1908

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I have reverted the changes by 71.240.20.10. This user changed all of the terms like "African American" and "black" to "colored" and "Negro". The former terms are currently the most accepted terms to refer to Americans of African descent. The latter terms have fallen out of favor, and often have negative connotations. While those were likely the terms used at the time of the event, this is a modern encyclopedia and should therefore use modern terminology, unless directly quoting a primary source. The main secondary source used to write this article does not use "colored" or "Negro". Also, in the edited version, terms like "black-owned business" or "black neighborhoods" were replaced by terms that refer to businesses and homes that were rented by black people. The source I used referred to them as black-owned. Why was this changed? Mycota 18:44, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

There are fake web sites that employ faked terminology such as "black-owned" to propagandize events such as riots in order to place a new slant on such events and to thereby create a history of the United States which is different from the true history. The aim of many people is to employ the Internet to produce a new history of the United States which obliterates the true history of the United States. 71.240.20.10 19:00, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Interesting. Can you show us your evidence that these are "fake" websites? Actually, can you explain what you mean by "fake". If a website exists, it is real. That's pretty much the definition of reality. The criterion should be whether it is a trustworthy source. This is a very well-documented historical event, and the documentation supports the way the article is currently written. But feel free to comb through the documentation until you find reference to the fact that all of the residents and business "owners" did not truly own their homes and businesses. Then cite it once you have made the changes. That's how things are supposed to work on Wikipedia. Mycota 00:15, 24 February 2006 (UTC)