Submitted by Micky Hingorani on Fri, 02/16/2007 - 10:35am
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There is a fascinating discussion going on over at MyDD about race in the blogosphere.  Why is it that the two most influential "progressive" blogs are 97% white.  Why does a vibrant, primarily "black" blogosphere exist in parallel to the "whitosphere?"  What does it say about the progressive movement that there is little connection between those two blogospheres?

The conversation veers into presidential politics, but this is a fascinating self-examination of how race is playing out in the new tools of a supposedly more participatory democracy.


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re: Blackosphere vs. the Whitosphere

Submitted by Francis L. Holland (not verified) on Fri, 04/06/2007 - 3:39pm.

I have been banned from participation at MyDD after starting the above discussion and so the discussion is dampened, to say the least, within the whitopshere.http://francislholland.blogspot.com/2007/03/banned-at-mydd-for-reporting-that-65-of.htmlhttp://field-negro.blogspot.com/2007/02/house-rules-why-field-negroes-should.htmlHowever, a much more vital and important discussion continues in the Afrosphere. http://francislholland.blogspot.com/2007/04/can-afrospear-calm-urban-violence.html

re: Blackosphere vs. the Whitosphere

Submitted by Francis L. Holland (not verified) on Fri, 02/23/2007 - 12:56pm.

The discussion continues (reluctantly) at MyDD over whitosphere vs. Blackosphere. Join the discussion: http://www.mydd.com/story/2007/2/23/10128/2945#14