I already made a blog post on my definition of digital mixed race a while ago, but after reading through our wikipedia page I decided that my thoughts overlapped a lot with what people had already written, so instead I wrote a little bit on how Lyrics Born's Yes, Bay Area is an example of digital mixed race.
Here is what I contributed to our wikipedia page:
Twitter poetry is a new genre in its own, creating a new form of literature to meet the advancement of technology. Yes, Bay Area is an example of digital mixed raced in multiple ways. Firstly, it demonstrates how technology can effectively showcase mixed racial issues. Many racial topics are presented in the text because the Bay Area is a very racially diverse area. This particular tweet is an example: “White dude, Black chick, Asian baby?” (16). Secondly, although Lyrics Born is technically the author of Yes, Bay Area, he is only the compiler. Yes, Bay Area is actually a collaborative piece of work created by all the Bay Area natives who contributed the tweets. Therefore, this text is an example of how technology can unite people of different races under a common idea, the Bay Area, to create digital mixed race. Thirdly, Yes, Bay Area is currently only available in eBook form, meaning all the ideas it represents and what it symbolizes are digitally expressed.
- Michelle Fong
Here is what I contributed to our wikipedia page:
Twitter poetry is a new genre in its own, creating a new form of literature to meet the advancement of technology. Yes, Bay Area is an example of digital mixed raced in multiple ways. Firstly, it demonstrates how technology can effectively showcase mixed racial issues. Many racial topics are presented in the text because the Bay Area is a very racially diverse area. This particular tweet is an example: “White dude, Black chick, Asian baby?” (16). Secondly, although Lyrics Born is technically the author of Yes, Bay Area, he is only the compiler. Yes, Bay Area is actually a collaborative piece of work created by all the Bay Area natives who contributed the tweets. Therefore, this text is an example of how technology can unite people of different races under a common idea, the Bay Area, to create digital mixed race. Thirdly, Yes, Bay Area is currently only available in eBook form, meaning all the ideas it represents and what it symbolizes are digitally expressed.
- Michelle Fong
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