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I think people in this country have gotten too comfortable using race and other factors interchangeably. Which some things may correspond with race, that does not make race the cause.
By that I mean- race and socioeconomic status are not equal. Just because individuals who are less likely to have a home computer or be exposed to technology in their work lives are likely to be in a lower economic status and that group contains a disproportionate number of Black folks does not translate into Black folks are scared of the machines. It may mean that people unaccustomed to technology are going to be weary of them (and I do think that is true) but the fact that it too often gets translated into Black folks is frustrating.
I think the same thing about he machines and elderly folks. We know some seniors who are all about the net and their email. There are others who do not want any part of it. We have Delta Dears in my chapter that the younger sorors do their on line convention registration because other wise it would not happen. They are not going near a computer and could not use one if they wanted to. These are the people who stand to be disenfranchised by mandatory electronic voting. I do think that is a concern. Not one based on race, but a concern based on equal access.
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