RACE CARD PROJECT

After following the site for a few weeks, I've noticed that the reasons for its limitations may just be that we're not ready to have a site devoted to race in general. In order to build community, there must be a sense of trust in the strangers that are posting aimlessly on the web. It's hard to breach across races even though most people come into contact with various races in their daily lives. Race issues reuire you to admit the truths you have about other groups, uncover where you might be ignorant, and be vulnerable, again in front of strangers. That's not say it can't be done, but it's incredibly hard to get to that point without a face-to-face conversation.

The site should include moderators, videos, and articles about race. That way the site doesn't solely rely on the race cards but a variety of different mediums. You can have threads that are focused and topic generated by moderators so that the conversations have a specific dialogue that must be followed. The site can't leave it up to the users alone to keep the site going because it won't work. There needs to be support from those running it to make sure that people are drawn back in. Also, reward those that freuently post and share race cards and hold competitions for the best ones that define race in America today. Having people vote on them not for the sake of competition but it builds, again, a sense of community where everyone agrees on a six-word story and its meaning. Mostly, these ideas are to keep the ball rolling and expand on the functions the site already has. 

DB