This article in the April 2002 issues of MIT's Technology Review by Henry Jenkins talks about how white Internet users assume that race is not an issue in cyberspace, where is a reality is that "people simply assumed that all participants in an online discussion were white unless they identified themselves otherwise." He concludes that "in the end, we will need to give up any lingering fantasies of a color-blind Web and focus on building a space wehre we recognize, discuss and celebrate racial and cultural diversity."
Cyberspace and Race
Submitted by cel4145 on April 21, 2002 - 11:02.
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