In America, mixed-race identity tends to invite both curiosity and suspicion, largely because few have found a way to interrogate it without centering whiteness as the scale by which to evaluate blackness.
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The web's earliest architects and pioneers fought for their vision of freedom on the Internet at a time when it was still small forums for conversation and text-based gaming. They thought the web could be adequately governed by its users without their needing to empower anyone to police it.
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What this quote means
The quote reflects the early pioneers' belief in a free and self-governed Internet.
Jenna Wortham highlights the vision of the Internet's early architects who imagined a space where users governed themselves without external regulation. They believed that, instead of imposing rules from above, the community could create an open forum for conversation and creativity, thriving in a decentralized environment where freedom of expression was paramount.
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InternetFreedomSelf-GovernanceCommunityPioneers
In practice
Example use cases
During a tech conference, one could quote this to inspire discussion about Internet freedom.
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