The Season of Reasons

Week 11: Color-Blindness During this week';s discussion, I learned how color-blindness affects the philosophical views of many people and how technology can suffer because of it. Without understanding differences, it is hard to come into a mutual stance where those engaged can come into agreement. I believe that agreements are powerful phenomenons that allow for actions and discussions to take event. But in order to have an agreement, sometimes a disagreement is necessary because conflict can shine a perspective on something someone else may have not thought of yet. That is why "color-blindness" impedes the ability to hold these open-discussions and should be acknowledged as counter-intuitive for curiosity. I think that if people acknowledge skin-color, then it opens discussions further. In order to have these discussions however, respect must be present from both sides. If they can articulate in a non-offensive manner, I think both sides can walk away learning ...

Have you experienced the digital divide in your own life?  Answer: Yes! How important do you think digital inclusion is to a person's life chances in contemporary society? Answer: Very important. Typing from my own experiences, I'm a big believer in the idiom "Knowledge is power" and that through accessibility, we are boundless in learning. Born into the working-class as many of us are, I understand the difference that a healthy learning environment can have on the mind. Luckily for me, I went to an excellent public school in Brooklyn that really fostered the idea that asking for more information is a very good thing. Although, another idiom states "Ignorance is bliss", by knowing more, more problems are indeed introduced but through development, solutions can also be configured. As a kid born in the millennial generation, reading took different shapes for me. By watching TV shows with the captions on, playing role-playing video games that featured...

Is it fair to say that, when it comes to thinking about its effects on gender equality, technology today is both part of the problem and part of the solution ? Give an example to help support what you say! Absolutely! I think that technology has a deep impact on gender equality because it can be used as a tool to control the lives of others. Examples of this are: Social Media: The information shared on these platforms can be used to make a person fear how it can fall in the wrong hands. Many people have been reported to commit suicide over cyber-bullying, deported/ convicted due to another user's agenda on hatred. It has been used to form and destroy concepts of what gender is supposed to be, when people are online. Many women have gravitated towards modeling on the Internet because it is believed to bring them fame and money. This is in part true because of how accessible content can be, however these marketing ploys can be used against the creator much later on afte...