Imagine the outrage from parents, teachers, and the community if a school announced that some of its students would have access to textbooks, research papers, and literature, but other students would be denied those resources. Some students would be branded as worthy, while others as second class.
It baffles me that broadband Internet access in our [...]
Posts Tagged ‘African Americans’
Second-Class Students
November 17th, 2009
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Why I Decided to Start Blogging: Empowering Communities Through Enabling Technology
October 22nd, 2009
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First let me start by saying that I’m not in politics or a policy maker. I am a technologist and have been involved in technology for over 15 years, and I can honestly say that technology has had a significant effect on my life. The birth of the Internet has granted opportunities and access to [...]
Who Can We Trust?
October 21st, 2009
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Public Knowledge, an organization representing what I would call “digital elites,” has joined with other elite activist groups to push the FCC to adopt so-called Net Neutrality rules. To do this, Public Knowledge uses carefully chosen words like “neutrally,” “openness” and “discrimination.” I find myself wondering whether they have any idea what these words mean. [...]
