We are happy to be the first group to present in the Self.Net tutorial session on the coming Thursday. The topic we are going to present is "Identity". The following is the outline of our presentation:
1. About the Author
2. What is Race?
3. Cyberspace and Race
4. The 3 Methods to Deal with Racism
5. Implications
6. Discussion
7. Conclusion
Please feel free to leave your comments about our presentation here. I hope you would enjoy it. See you guys on Thursday!
Adrian and Wilson
Dear Adrian and Wilson, it was glad to have your presentation few days ago and I was totally in the discussion (maybe I am so interested in this topic!)
ReplyDeleteAs your presentation put racism as the main concern, gender was to a certain extent ignored. I would like to discuss the following point with you.
Remember you have a case of a 'black male chatting with a white female' in the reading and finally that black was blocked? (reading Ruminations on Cyber-Race p.58). I just think gender is involved.
We always mention it is a male-dominated world, however, in that case, it is a female who dominates a male. The main reason should be , in my opinion, race. Therefore, does it mean racial issue is more serious than gender issue in Cyberspace?
This is just what comes out of my mind. May be this question can make us understand more this chapter, gender and race!
Once again, thank you for your meaningful presentation!
Dear Wilson and Adrian:
ReplyDeleteThank you for your good presentation. Let us have a fun lesson.
I am very interested in your ‘identity’ topics. I think Racism is the most important issue in the internet and real life. In your discussions parts, how to solve Racism problems in the internet? Some classmates would say can’t to solve but some classmates would say maybe can solve this problem. I am interesting to understand actually can or cannot to solve Racism problem in the internet?
Hi Wilson and Adrian
ReplyDeleteI have to first sorry for my inarticulacy that day =P Yet, I was touched that Adrian could undestand my point of view XD
Similarly, I am also curious what your point of view about cyber racism. Is it possible to solve racism in the virual world?
By the way, thanks for giving us a very nice and interesting presentation about cyber-race.(Awwww....you two have set a high standard for us, so what can I do to break through it? huh?? lol)
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ReplyDeleteHi everyone,
ReplyDeleteThank you for all your comments regarding the presentation. We didn't expect to see all of you were so engaged in our activity and discussion =] We trully appreciate your active responses in the presentation and in here. Adrian and I will try our best to answer the questions you have raised here.
Hello everyone,
ReplyDeleteNB: For the time being ("assignment week") We will answer the questions you raised here individually.
Thank you for your attention and we look forward to our discussion here =]
Wilson and Adrian
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ReplyDeleteHi Gordon, in response to your question about racial issue in cyberspace:
ReplyDeleteI think both gender and race have their significance in cyberspace. It is hard to measure which one outweigh the other. But I think as race is more emphasised in this reading so it is more likely to be seen to have a slightly more significance. Race and Gender are socially constructed yet they are less explicit in cyberspace since people “generally” don’t meet face to face. Interesting to point out that in the author's case, the female was dominating the male in author’s experience. The author “transmulated” as an African American man and he chatted with the Caucasian American woman (Perpetrator).
Hi Sue and Phoebe, in response to your question (apparently you two have the same question about how to solve racism in cyberspace/virtual world as seen ^^)
ReplyDeleteI don’t think we could solve racism entirely in the virtual world. Unless we all employed “Abolition” in cyberspace, which is possible but doesn’t last long, as we know that it explicitly or imlicity permits racial mapping, the internet moves to multimedia and the freedom of speech that has been stressing much nowadays. Applying from a Media related subject back in Associate degree, it said that speeches/expressions in the internet (cyberspace) are often more explicit and irresponsible than in real space as there is no law to prosecute people who expressed offensively. At the same time we cannot control others’ stereotypes towards race, i.e. racial discrimination.
To Sue, I get what you were saying in the discussion, to create a space like a forum ideally for people to express freely. But then I was thinking, would people feel their freedom of speech is restricted since the only way to express their views is through that space? And would these people be labelled by the others as more racist than usual since they get access to that space?
Interesting question and I hope we can keep our discussion about it =] Thanks a lot~
A coin has two sides.
ReplyDeleteIt is crucial but true that we actually cannot have a perfect way which can be completed in both respects.
Perhaps, we could make a convincing argument that education is the most "powerfultool" in dealing with online racism or even racism in the long-term. But what about in the short-term? There's really a question.
P.S Wilson, I do agree with your point of view that it is hard to tell whether gender outweighs race or race outweighs gender. Like x 1 PERSON =P)
First of all, thanks for all your valuable comments.
ReplyDeleteTo Gordon, I agree it is hard to tell whether racial issue is more serious than gender issue in cyberspace. It really depends on what kind of person you are interacting with. (racist? sexist?) Besides, I don't think the case in the reading is a good example of gender issue in cyberspace as we can't tell if that white female is really a female. Remember what is cyber-passing? (just like what the author did. He appeared to be a black man but in fact he is a Korean American) So we are not sure if it is a case that a woman dominates a man online.
To Phoebe and Sue, perhaps education is the only long-term solution to eliminate or ease the racism online. (and probably in the real world) In the short-run, it's really a tough task to eliminate racism in cyberspace. Actually I quite buy the idea of "short-term delay" in the reading. What do you think?
To Sue, there is no way to break through our presentation. (haha...just kidding XD) I think you just need to do your best and the presentations will be good enough.
Adrian