Response to Cynthia Selfe

In Cynthia Selfe's article, "Lest We Think The Revolution is a Revolution," she explains this romantic sort of theory of technology our how it creates this "global village" motto. She claims, "One of the most popular narratives Americans tell ourselves about computers is that technology will help us create a global village in which the peoples of the world are connected- communicating with one another and cooperating for the commonwealth. According to this popular social narrative, the computer network that spans the globe will serve to erase meaningless geopolitical borders, eliminate racial and ethnic differences, re-establish a historical familial relationship which binds together the peoples of the world regardless of race, ethnicity, or location." 115
The "global village" is the movement of all the tribes of the world becoming one; letting go of their differences. Many think that through the Internet, this movement is becoming more closely reached. Everyone would be working together as one, rather than separately. Each tribe would consider themselves and other tribes as equals. In other words, technology "blends" the world together, creating fairness and equality.
Although this may be true to some extent in the way that the Internet can connect the different tribes of the world together, but I see it more as computers being able to serve more as a mask for those who wish not to be seen for their true identity, which doesn't mean that computers necessarily "erase those meaningless geopolitical borders." Those differences between people still exist no matter what. Culture and different ways of thinking still exist despite the ability for computers to erase physical images if desired. People will always be different and nothing, not even a computer, can connect every single difference between people.
For my counterargument, I used the agree/disagree strategy from the "They Say/I Say" book. My paragraph demonstrates this strategy because I start out by agreeing with the point only up to a certain point, and then I disagreed, stating why.