Race and the Digital: Racial Formation and 21st Century TechnologiesMain Menu"From Tweets to Streets?" A Research Project with Digital Supplement"The Digital Divide" Research ProjectsRace and the Digital BlogIntersectionality and TaggingCourse SyllabusSyllabus for Race and the Digital at UCLAStatement of Values: Digital Ethnic StudiesContributors' PortfoliosAbout "Race and the Digital"Genevieve Carpiocbaef6f4fe1847cc774ee8ef5c2d6efb0a58fda3Kid Cometb62a4423d252f961609f416b7188ffbc7d84a7d3Yesenia Melgoza-Fernandeza6a8d8933b14c7be3a522d5102f92c9dfe52e9b2Michie Ortiz25daabac1577ec1d12a68b2c0b0a15c4dba1374bEduardo D. Garcia6e60d0784abf2b990f3510cceb60101259a8bdd3Alan Evangelistaf3e41e7c002a037bb13d71a1e837eb5bf5bef12fAna Victoria H.37ae5307effd9bccccea4f0fe7958d15cee30e07Arturo Sotelo38025c1bb15e36f2beff44b22df47fac513c339faade8e08161ecdfbe4206b74479dee1c1d007a58c4Ashley Martinez-Munoza5a71a08c4c1c5dc7904ffcbc148c4f2edb1e723Ebony Paramodca8ce0b7a38097adb1b511e4c75690f833171f0
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12016-04-21T13:43:56-07:00Ebony Paramodca8ce0b7a38097adb1b511e4c75690f833171f088774plain2016-04-28T10:31:02-07:00Ebony Paramodca8ce0b7a38097adb1b511e4c75690f833171f0In the readings we the CS191 Class has read over the past five weeks, authors ranging from Melissa Gilbert to Christian Sandvig all hone in on the saddening reality that the groups of people that are marginalized in society continue to be so in the digital world. The data sets, as with most provided to the public, illustrate the small presence of people of color like Latinas/os and African Americans. Unfortunately, this suggests that socioeconomic statuses and racial identities continue to be the deciding factors of the quality of lives individuals are able to live in the United States. The color-blind theory that was created online to help drift away for the color-conscious reality existent offline. How are people supposed to take advantage of something that is given to them if they are not given the tools necessary to access it?