Technology Equity and DiversityOngoing issues about the inequalities of Information and communication technologies. How these technologies are viewed by society based on gender, race and socio economic status. These various views points disproportionally affect women, minorities and low income communities.tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55515192005-10-31T02:32:07ZBlogger
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The images continues to be set and embedded. It has been incorporated into everyday society so much that the mirror reflection has been displayed in commercials.
It is an ongoing challenge to watch commericals that include technology and have women of color positioned in subordinate positions around the technology and never with their hands on it completing any tasks. Today, the commerical for
falseDigi Sis2003-07-27T17:20:31-04:002003-07-27T21:20:31Z2003-07-27T21:20:31Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5551519.post-105934083143432311Women of Color in Technology
The ITAA has recently sent out a report that African American women are decreasing in their interest and participation in technology while Latina and Asian women have increased. The Barnes and Noble incident is only one of many incidences that go unnoticed as their contribution to why such issues occur. If computers are listed in the Men Interests section, commericals including those like the Dell
falseDigi Sis2003-07-08T10:37:39-04:002003-07-08T15:55:31Z2003-07-08T14:37:39Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5551519.post-105767505967751197Can we have technology equity if the bottom line is money?
Now to root of these blogs. One of the biggest responses to why there are so few video games or other technologies geared toward girls or women is because they don't "sell" so companies can't make money marketing to girls. The ironic part is that they don't sell because they are not marketed to girls or women. It becomes an endless circle. Many decision makers have made a blanket decision to not
falseDigi Sis2003-07-06T17:13:46-04:002003-07-06T21:24:41Z2003-07-06T21:13:46Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5551519.post-105752602674968449I have decided to start this weblog. It took some ...
I have decided to start this weblog. It took some time and energy to begin this but I think I have it all together now. The final decision to start these web logs was because of an incident that happened in Barnes and Nobles here in DC. I realize that some of the inequalities that exist are because of some the expected social behaviors that our society has grown accostumed to. These behaviors then