I just got asked (today) to join a Facebook group called "Will Not Pay For Facebook. We are gone if that happens." Curious to see how popular the sentiment is, and how it pans out...
It's interesting the dynamic that IT fields have added to the immigration issue. In a broad sense, it makes for different "kinds" of immigrants, with different skill sets, etc. And I can't help wondering if this adds an element to this country's understanding of race. That's to say: IT has changed the way we see immigration from China and India - more so, I think, than from any other country. Has it changed the way we see the people themselves? Is it a pos. or neg. influence? What does that mean for the way we see immigrants from countries like Mexico that often work in jobs that are harder to organize? And what are these magic factors that so well prepare one or two groups of immigrants for the American work force? Is it the educational systems in India and China? And maybe I'm crazy - does anyone else think IT is playing a role in our collective approach to race?