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From: Quetzil Castaneda <Quetzil@xxxxxx>
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Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 15:33:14 -0500 (CDT)
but there is lurking and lurkers, which by no means = minority/nonwhite,
racialized alterity. so, Joe, tell me what kind of derridean spin you might
give to the lurker/lurking... (seriously playful question in derridean
geist;) since you mention voice, logos, what about the ear!? internet as
otiobiography?! (am just chuckling).... but seriously,
q.
At 09:27 AM 4/26/96 -0500, you wrote:
> Although I'm sure it matters to some degree which "list" you
> solicit for commentary on the question of whiteness, one
> can't ignore the "presence" of the logos- and with it, the
> name, a mode of presence cleverly schematized by the
> "disciplinary matrix" of hte internet, as someone on this
> list once wrote - a mode whose function mandates teh
> presence of the name, and hence, the signification of teh
> speaking "voice." If you're looking for the invisible on
> the internet, you won't find it. All of the addresses you
> see are signs of visibility - educational addressses here,
> business addresses there, governmental addresses, and
> "online service" addresses. From these emanances, the white
> voice speaks. The "invisible" are the cyber-homeless.
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