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I find the tone of a lot of this article to be overtly racist. I'm just guessing because the sources quoted are white historians. Please be careful with any POV issues quoting old white people. Thanks
Billyshiverstick (
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15:55, 4 April 2023 (UTC)reply
Yes, and to add on, Frederick Howay is known for having been quite racist. A recent article in the journal BC Studies called Howay a white supremacist. His anti-Chinese racism has become infamous, at least among BC historians. As a source I think he is fine for certain topics--but yea, anyone using him as a source ought to be careful. And for most topics there are almost certainly better, less blatantly racist and colonial-paternalistic biased sources. If I get a chance and remember, I'll try to look at this page and see what can be done to improve things.
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05:51, 5 April 2023 (UTC)reply
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I find the tone of a lot of this article to be overtly racist. I'm just guessing because the sources quoted are white historians. Please be careful with any POV issues quoting old white people. Thanks
Billyshiverstick (
talk)
15:55, 4 April 2023 (UTC)reply
Yes, and to add on, Frederick Howay is known for having been quite racist. A recent article in the journal BC Studies called Howay a white supremacist. His anti-Chinese racism has become infamous, at least among BC historians. As a source I think he is fine for certain topics--but yea, anyone using him as a source ought to be careful. And for most topics there are almost certainly better, less blatantly racist and colonial-paternalistic biased sources. If I get a chance and remember, I'll try to look at this page and see what can be done to improve things.
Pfly (
talk)
05:51, 5 April 2023 (UTC)reply