Freaky
[09] Warrior
I know race is a touchy subject but I saw this article today:
http://gizmodo.com/5105846/blackbir...irefox-is-too-navajo-for-black-web-surfers?35
I don't understand this. I'm not black, so maybe I'm out of the loop, but I don't see the point. What can this web browser offer to blacks that can't be found just as easily with regular Firefox or google?
The article says it "comes preloaded with a bunch of bookmarks that may be of interest to the black community." Who's deciding what the interests of the black community are? I think that does nothing but support the antiquated stereotypes that people are working to rid this world of. You ever heard a white person qualify something as a "black interest"?
White person: "Hey black people are interested in basketball right?"
Anyone in the room: "You're racist."
Maybe it isn't as clear cut as that, but it just seems strange.
It also has a "Black Search" feature. So if you type in "books", do you only get books about black people or by black authors?
I don't want this to turn into a barn-burner, but it all seems very divisive and unnecessary to me. It feels like a step in the wrong direction when the internet is supposed to be a network for progressive ideas and where people can sort of forget social separation and live/interact outside of themselves and their groups.
Any thoughts?
http://gizmodo.com/5105846/blackbir...irefox-is-too-navajo-for-black-web-surfers?35
I don't understand this. I'm not black, so maybe I'm out of the loop, but I don't see the point. What can this web browser offer to blacks that can't be found just as easily with regular Firefox or google?
The article says it "comes preloaded with a bunch of bookmarks that may be of interest to the black community." Who's deciding what the interests of the black community are? I think that does nothing but support the antiquated stereotypes that people are working to rid this world of. You ever heard a white person qualify something as a "black interest"?
White person: "Hey black people are interested in basketball right?"
Anyone in the room: "You're racist."
Maybe it isn't as clear cut as that, but it just seems strange.
It also has a "Black Search" feature. So if you type in "books", do you only get books about black people or by black authors?
I don't want this to turn into a barn-burner, but it all seems very divisive and unnecessary to me. It feels like a step in the wrong direction when the internet is supposed to be a network for progressive ideas and where people can sort of forget social separation and live/interact outside of themselves and their groups.
Any thoughts?
