Technology versus African Americans
Before I read this article I never realized that African Americans do not usually work with technology. But after reading this article I saw that. Its not necessarily as common now and it used to be though. Young African American kids and teenagers use more technology than African American adults. This is probably because the younger generations are using more technology because we have to. Almost everything can be done on the internet now a days and it is necessary for younger people to have some knowledge about technology. However, adults do not necessarily have to know anything about technology. They have other ways of doing things besides the internet. However, I think this will change as more time passes because it is almost necessary for everyone to use technology with everything they do. It is not to the point where it is completely necessary, yet. It will get to that point eventually and when it does people will be forced to use technology so they will have to learn how no matter what.
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I agree with your conclusion that in time all of society will probably be forced to use technology eventually. It just comes with changing of the times. It could probably be equivalent to our grandparents having to learn how to use a VCR or even a cell phone. Granted not even my grandparents or parents know how to use a cell phone well, but it has become somewhat of a necessity in America today. Just as another example, cell phones, like computers and the internet provide a lot of benefits to us. I mean if we didn’t have cell phones it would be a lot harder to contact people, and without the internet or computers, well, we wouldn’t have to do these blogs! Haha, but overall the internet provides us with an enormous magnitude of information as well as another means to contact one another. Sorry I kind of got off topic on this one but I think those points are relevant too. :)
Posted by: Anna Pirsch | November 19, 2006 9:36 PM