@starlingpreston
A manifesto is a “public declaration of policy and aims” (Merriam-Webster). Both the Hacker Manifesto and Cyborg Manifesto encompass multiple views of freedom and power. One such example is racial stereotyping. The Hacker Manifesto declares that hackers “exist without skin color, without nationality, without religious bias…” (1). Similarly, The Cyborg Manifesto touches upon feminism and how new technologies are increasing growth for women’s jobs in the paid work force, “especially for many white women and people of colour” (Women in the Integrated Circuit para. 5). So these new technologies are not only increasing power for racially diverse people in the work force, but will continue to increase their power online, where race is no longer a factor.
Furthermore, I have decided to create my own manifesto about the lack of validity of online racial stereotyping, The Online Racial Manifesto. First off, I declare that online racial stereotypes are invalid because people can portray themselves as different or multiple races. In other words, a white woman may have a black male avatar. Therefore, any racial stereotyping is illogical. Furthermore, the anonymity that an avatar gives a person can create openings for discussions about race. For example, a black male’s avatar could be portrayed as a white supremacist, which would allow him to discuss racial views with other white supremacists. In person, these people would never be able to discuss their views because the white supremacists would be unwilling to speak on a level ground with blacks.