Blackmon Reading

   Although he may be backed up with many sources, I feel as if this reading is completely false, if not outdated.  When it comes to technology, it is expensive to keep up with all the new stuff that is coming out.  However, I don't think that minorities are the only people who weren't able to afford it, and just because many couldn't afford doesn't mean that the internet is run by white people.  I knew plenty of white children when I lived in North Carolina who couldn't afford cell phones or high speed internet.  I feel like it is often overlooked that there are "white people"  who are also poor, and that have probably raised children who did not grow up with technology.  They are almost a minority within themselves because of their social class.
   I also disagree with the idea of a "cyberhuman".  Someone faceless, sexless, and cultureless?  On the internet?  In the last reading about digital natives, we learned about how strong the younger generation's online identity is.  What they want people to know about them, people see.  Any kid who goes to a public school has been exposed to this technology, and if they haven't then that is clearly the school districts fault.  I feel like the internet has only made communities more powerful.  I hate to pull the Tumblr example out, but here it is:  people share posts of their every day lives.   What they do, what they like, what they see, and what they feel all relate directly back to their own culture. 
   I just don't believe that accessing the internet could erase your culture.  People are going to be who they want to be, regardless of what you tell them.  I feel like this article was more upset with the paths that people are choosing.  It mentioned that an african-american student had said that he wished more of african-americans made websites about things besides rap music.  Personally, I'm a huge fan of rap music, and I don't see what is so terrible about peoples love of rhymes in comparison with peoples love of pop music.  Not every rap song has violent subject matter.  And our generation is creating a new culture.  It's hard not to when you see how much we've been through, and how everyone is pulling us in a different direction.  We were always told when we were young to be ourselves, and then when you get older you're told to cover that up?  It's a rough life for anyone in my generation, black or white.  And were all in this together.