Here is the outline of my presentation on Jerry Kang’s article “Rumination on Cyber-Race”.
1. The difference of constructing race between real world and cyberspace
- In real world, racial categorization is based on law and culture
- In cyberspace, racial mechanics are inefficient
- In cyberspace, anonymity is allowed
2. The possibility of abolition, integration and transmutation strategies on cyber-race
- Race cannot completely be abolished in cyberspace
- Several environmental conditions are significant for opposing the prejudice
- Cyber-passing cannot collapse social categories
3. The conflicts around these three strategies
- Abolition versus integration
- Abolition versus transmutation
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Overall, I think my presentation has highlighted some key points of the reading, such as the possibility of solving racial categories in cyberspace by raising the effectiveness of abolition, integration and transmutation strategies, which gives my classmates a better understanding on Kang’s article. However, it will be preferable if I ask them some questions in order to have a further discussion on this reading, for instance, their experiences on communicating with foreigners on cyberspace or their agreement on Kang’s perspective.
ReplyDeleteIn here, I want to remind that the video of Vivek Mahbubani Wesley has played can be fit in with discussing Kang’s article.