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Title - THE AUDACITY OF CYBERSPACE by Thomas L Blair,

ISBN - 9781907759161

Publisher –M-Y BooksFormat – Paperback – Ebook all Formats

Page Count 270

Dimensions Trade

Price £9.99

Publication Date – 2009

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Summary - THE AUDACITY OF CYBERSPACE by Thomas L Blair, a sociologistand cyberactivist, reveals how Black communities in America, Britain and Africa

have struggled for Internet empowerment. His narrative style reflects a social

movement pre-dating the "net-generation" that put Barrack Hussein Obama into the

White House.

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“Most generations tread a path they neither make, nor discover, but the Black 

net-generation and their Latino, Asian and white allies have forged aRevolutionary digital future. And, with these words, I dedicate my book,

Race for Cyberspace, to them.”

"The Black net-generation helped propel Barack Obama into power. Now, the

Children of the digital age are changing the way their communities access

and use the Internet and computers for equality and social justice.

 Net-geners, now in their 20sand 30s, are the first to grow up digitally

aware. This digital immersion - with all its gadgets -- has given them the

skills and reflexes to press for change. Black tele-campaigners and cyber 

organisers have shaken up the game of politics. They ignited the voting and

fund-raising power of ethnic groups, youth and the working poor.When Race for Cyberspace was birthed a decade ago, and the first web

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 browsers appeared, I sent my self an e-mail: "Get on the Internet. Follow

the principle of Black advancement, equality and social justice -- for jobs,

housing, schools and health facilities."

 Now, online political action has grown more complex, more team-based and

community-centred. It is more mobile and interactive, spanning social

networks, continents and time zones. Moreover, net-geners are challengingThe political systems, excessive riches and race/class barriers that deny

many of life, liberty and equality.

Upon reflection, what Race for Cyberspace foretells is more than a

hypothesis, it is a hope. If the African American net generation has shown

the skills and initiatives to catapult Barack Obama, the first Black US

 president, into power, against all odds, then their global counterparts, the

cyber activists in Africa and the Diaspora -- Latin America, the Caribbean,

Britain and Europe -- can act as partisans for change in their worlds."

Thomas L Blair 

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