During these two chapters, there was a lot discussed, especially regarding the young natives. A part of it that stood out to me was "...there is the work we have to do in opening the door for the Native youth who are born into ways of life that are deeply enmeshed within the cybersphere...Digital tools and techniques are not necessarily incompatible with traditional tribal ways of life. Rather, younger generations move in and out of the cybersphere as seamlessly as they move onto and off reservations, though densely populated cities and solitary mesas, from downtown burger joints where even paper cups come at a price to potlatch gatherings where give aways are the norm" (Duarte, 127). Being unable to give everyone equal use prohibits equal opportunity. However, when less of the younger generations, especially those within groups whom have been consistently put at a disadvantage, have access to technology in todays world, it makes it so they stay handicapped. With the involvement of manifest destiny on top of technology, there is a recurring cycle of paving ways only for certain people. Something interesting I had read on another site discussed that "The closer a user is to the cultural value assumptions of the fenced-off online territory of the ‘service provider' they are using, the more likely they are to benefit from it" (Gretta Louw, Manifest Destiny in the Digital Age). This goes to show how connections give validation only to those who would best culturally benefit from it.
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