Do you think Internet racism/discrimination is as harmful to children as exposure to pornography? How is this different from discrimination they might experience face-to-face? What do you think? Is it as big a problem, should we care, should we do something about it (if so, what?), or are there too many other things to be worrying about?
2006-07-19 21:42:31 · 3 answers · asked by AshleyK 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
Wow, a lot on Internet racism, this Thursday morning on July 20Th, this is the third one I've read and answered, we can't do nothing about this people.
But there could be a site Administrator reported to about racism and then that person will be banned off the site and then pay a $500 fined! And to think if a person, was fined for every racial slur they said, it would be considered unamerican, because of the simple fact that everyone in the United States has the right to freedom of speech, and to protect themselves at all costs. Do we really want to risk being communist? Hey! That rhymes!
2006-07-20 04:06:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually, the internet is one of the least racial forums out there. Unless you go out of your way to call out what color you are, or what religion you are, or whatever, it's very difficult to discriminate based on race. In fact, there is a fairly serious history of ignoring meatspace online... what matters here is what you think and what you say. http://www.phrack.org/show.php?p=7&a=3
Sure, there are people out there spouting racist crap, but that's just freedom of speech, and there's no real reason to visit those sites. If you wander around any given city for a day, you'll probably hear or see the same amount as you do online, but in a form possibly more immediately harmful.
In terms of other things... frankly, so many people are out there coddling their kids, and wondering why no one thinks of the children, and trying to get poorly thought out laws passed to protect their children from [fad of the day here] that no one seems to realize what a load of spoiled, overprotected kids they seem to be raising. If there is a problem here, it's one worth letting them deal with, not trying in vain to take it away or hide it.
2006-07-19 22:00:52 · answer #2 · answered by Ryan 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Too many other things to worry about. You should be teaching your kids to look out for themselves, anyhow.
2006-07-19 21:51:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋