Scholars Question the Image of the Internet as a Race-Free Utopia

[David Goldstein <goldstein_david@yahoo.com.au>]

Scholars Question the Image of the Internet as a Race-Free Utopia
By JEFFREY R. YOUNG
 from The Chronicle of Higher Education

The Internet has often been touted as a utopia where racial
differences are erased and people are judged by their ideas rather
than their skin color. But rather than curbing racism, cyberspace may
be perpetuating racial stereotypes for some users, a growing number
of scholars say. 

And until recently, they say, few researchers have studied issues of
racial identity online -- even though so much attention has been paid
to economic studies of the "digital divide." 

A recent batch of conferences and books are helping to fill the
research gap, however.

...

 See http://chronicle.com/free/2001/09/2001092101t.htm for the full
article.


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