To Wiki or not to Wiki?

Even before 9/11 and the racial profiling of Arabs at airports, there was the running joke that one could be pulled over for a "DWB," or driving while black. This is a popular topic for many comedians who often spin-off the subject, discussing other racial discriminations in the U.S. Wikipedia, ever reflecting the society which created it, also contains an article with the title, "Driving While Black," which effectively breaks down the topic into neat, objective points. Of course, scholars are loathe to credit it as a valid source, because of the fact that all the articles are contributed by readers, often times without citation. I found the article about "DWB" to be a high quality source mainly because it was a) objective in its description, and b) had many cross references to pop-culture where the term was discussed. I do not think that using the article as a source would be appropriate, even if it had all the necessary citations, but I do think it could be useful in providing some factual information, as well as the culture references which could themselves be used as sources. I do not believe that Wikipedia will ever be accepted as a viable source for writers to cite, but I do think that there are many high quality articles in the database that can still prove useful to students by giving them more leads to follow.