Peter S. Lopez wrote: >REPLY ~ >Wednesday Morning ~ I agree with you Dr. Eskow and am pleased at your common >sense. > >I am not sure how many people on this DDN Discussion List are actually poor >themselves in the economic sense. Nevertheless, we must all clearly understand >that the ‘big factor’ in there even be a ‘high tech’ digital divide is the >social-economic existence of the misery of poverty suffered by billions of >people upon Mother Earth. > > Actually, Peter, quite a few people on this list at least come from what would be called by people with PhD's as 'disadvantaged backgrounds'. I grew up working in a printery, actually, from age 11 to 16 while attending school.
>For the poor, access to the Internet Technology is NOT a top priority, finding >the next decent edible meal, temporary shelter and/or satisfying a urgent >medical need ARE among basic daily survival priorities. > > Which is a point that many of us have been making, Peter. Technology in *this* context is certainly appropriate. >I certainly am poor right now and I must be honest, practical and realistic or >invite peril, disaster and self-delusion. I am one of those who come from the >social set and settings of the inner-city urban poor in Amerika. > > Actually, I ended up joining this list and many others under similar circumstances. >Remember: even the educator needs educating, ever the counselor needs >counseling and even the doctor needs continued treatment. > > This, Che Peter, is the point that really needs to be paid attention to. >P.S. At the risk of seeming ludicrous, for impoverished children > it will take more than 'a computer in their home in order to have a chance at > parity with their more affluent counterparts.' It involves the total > elimination of poor oppressive conditions >on a global scale altogether to bring about 'parity' fo po' folks! > > Yes. But not attempting to set the infrastructure in place so that they can, at their own timing, is certainly a worthwhile goal. Telecenters and so forth are only a *start*. But, as you point out, other needs have to be met first. :-) -- Taran Rampersad Presently in: San Fernando, Trinidad [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.knowprose.com http://www.easylum.net http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/Taran Coming on January 1st, 2006: http://www.OpenDepth.com "Criticize by creating." — Michelangelo _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
