Friday, February 27, 2009

Video Response

What does it mean to fill the digital divide or to eliminate the racial ravine? The perspective I gained from this movie is that, "The American dream is a competitive dream;" filling the digital divide means increasing the competition. It also, of course, means more equal employment. The reason there is more competition is that it's fairer, yet someone is still stuck job hunting.

As for why some are more successful than others in the job market, I don't have much original insight, but effort is obviously important. For example, Kep, unlike Travis, never used a computer before high school. Travis procrastinated in his final project, while Kep graduated with honors.

1 comment:

Chris Stern said...

I think that your point of view of filling the digital divide is interesting. Perhaps the reason the digital divide is still so prominent is because of the cutthroat competition for jobs, and so, people are more willing to leave the less fortunate in a digital ditch.

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