BP 8

Question for Ulmer:

Do you believe digital technology will not only affect electracy in education among students, but also deter them away from standardized learning traditions? 

Ulmer says that “Digital technology is a filter that is going to modify perception by means of generalized morphing, and this in real time.” I took this and compared it to the pandemic that happened and because there were no schools open and students had to attend via Zoom and other forms of video conferencing, they have grown accustomed to it. Growing accustomed to such a way can be hard to desensitize and because of this, this medium change how students today and of the future view education. 

Silko: 

Silko overall talks of the border patrol and how unfair they are treating citizens of that country whether they are born there or not. Even worst is that the governments are involving more border patrols and I.N.S agents to dehumanize and detain immigrants and citizens of foreign countries.

“Immigration, like “street crime” and “welfare fraud” is a political euphemism that refers to people of color. Politicians and media people talk about “illegal aliens” to dehumanize and demonize undocumented immigrants, who are for the most part people of color.” 

It is true that crossing into America can be a dangerous trip and it’s the job of border patrols and agents of I.N.S to stop them, but they are becoming prejudiced and racist toward these individuals. All of the detaining, dehumanizing, demonizing are all people of color and if you’re “passing” then you can get away scotch free. It should be based on an individual’s character and not the color of their skin. Because of this, immigrants are finding new ways to pass through the border without having to subjected to such terror amongst the border patrols.

DeLeon:

“Despite the evidence that the border patrol is no match for catapults, car jacks, and other forms of human ingenuity, the United States can’t seem to shake the fixation that building more it will somehow solve many of our country’s economic and social problems.” 

The government is pouring funding into building walls and fences and the increasing of border patrols to stop immigrants from entering the country. Government officials believe that this will stop immigrants and will put an end to immigration. But they fail to realize that this isn’t the only problem inside of the United States or the government. There are other problems within our walls (corruption, bribery, homelessness, and high levels of violence). But because politicians and other government officials are so afraid of the United States being so overwhelmed with immigrants, it’s become an obsession to want to get them out. But when in fact it was immigrants who build our country. These are some of the facts that politicians and government officials fail to realize as they to try to continue to persist on telling immigrants they can’t come into our country. That the land of opportunity doesn’t apply to them as it once did a long time ago.