https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh Writer danah boyd argues that, rather than becoming a more diverse nation, the United States is becoming a nation of self-contained identity groups. What evidence does she provide to support her argument? In what ways does your own experience challenge boyd’s view? en-us 2020-01-31 02:25:04 UTC 2025-10-23 22:06:47 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438847396 Boyd's passage "Why America Is Self-Segregating" elaborates on college dorm life. Boyd references how technology made to bring people together, like Facebook or Myspace, was instead used to self segregate. The college students incoming as freshman class had mapped out their dorms " Before they even arrived on campus"(78). Technologies aid made it easy for the freshman to self segregate to their liking. America's future relies on the college attendees who seemingly naturally self segregate as a defense mechanism to counter differences of opinion. In my experience, I am more hesitant to join a group that is unknown to me. On the other hand, if forced into a group of unknown variables, my direct answer is the usage of my phone to escape the situation. ]]> 2020-01-31 16:35:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438847396 https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438847476 Boyd's passage "Why America Is Self-Segregating" she expresses how  the United States is becoming a nation of self-contained identity groups. "Thus given the opportunity, people typically revert situations where they can be in homogeneous environments" (79). Being in the position and having some experiences, I can agree with Boyd because I tend to interact with people of my culture because it is easier for me to relate with them. This does not mean that I wouldn't have friends with other races or cultures, but it is more complicated for me to interact with them.]]> 2020-01-31 16:35:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438847476 https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438847487 Boyd’s article, “Why America Is Self-Segregating,” examines how the United States is becoming a nation of self-contained identity groups since most people aren’t willing to put effort and trust into learning other cultures. Instead they confine themselves in “ ‘safe spaces’ and ‘culture fit’ “‘ groups where they are more comfortable, since working with diverse viewpoints is “emotionally exhausting [and] downright frustrating” (79). Although this may be true for most, I oppose this view as when I was growing up I had a variety of diverse friends, since schools are where you meet new people, and based on the environment you grew up in is what feels most comfortable for you. If you grew up in an environment where there’s only one set of race then you would only feel comfortable there, however if you grew up in a diverse place, it’ll feel more comfortable talking to others different from you. ]]> 2020-01-31 16:35:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438847487 lucilaz2715 https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438847580 In this world technology is tailored to everyone's personal liking and needs, so people do get out of their comfort zone. People isolate themselves from other perspectives, and so they remain in groups that share the same view, have the same socioeconomic status, and share the same interest. This may not seem bad in a small scale but, the bigger picture is concerning. Danah Boyd’s article, “Why America is Self-Segregating,”  proposes that America’s “diversification project[s]” are doing the opposite of their intended purpose (78). People seek “safe space[s]” where the “technological advances make their lives easier [to] self-segregate]”(78,82). This creates a self-contained identity society, instead of becoming  diverse nation. Based of my personal experience her argument is very true; my attachment to technology has made me very antisocial, so I can not communicate my ideas or thoughts to other people. On the other hand, I have a diverse friend group that have very different thoughts and opinions, so I would not consider technology an isolating force on my social life, but in my social media and entertainment I am not diverse.]]> 2020-01-31 16:35:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438847580 noahm2282 https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438847607 Boyd's article "Why America is Self-Segregating" examines how people in America do not want to break their social boundaries and become diverse. She points out that the modern problem of diversity is technology by how "we have countless tools to connect, [but] we are also watching fragmentation," (74). She is describing the situation of people ineffectively using their devices to bring diversity. In my experiences, I have used my phone for social media to expand my group of friends and in a way I gain different perspectives. ]]> 2020-01-31 16:35:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438847607 https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438847610 Boyd's article, "Why America Is Self-Segregating,"  Boyd notes how students would use Facebook to look at the oncoming freshman, and would "use this information to ask for a roommate switch" (78). This is showing how most people don't trust others they don't know. People trust their friends rather than strangers. Based on my own experience, I as well trust my friends more than strangers. If I had the power to check into a strangers life, I would. ]]> 2020-01-31 16:35:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438847610 https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438847668 Danah Boyd’s goes on to explain how this upcoming technology was suppose to bring or connect others from across the platforms but it did the exact opposite. Boyd highlights how the “trend of self-segregation… is enabled by technology.” (74). She explains how this technology is making people go into their “cliques” or people that share the same views. From my own experience, I do believe that is true. I hang around people that have the same views, that does not necessarily means we always agree on things. Although in the future I would like to be more open minded. 

]]> 2020-01-31 16:35:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438847668 https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438847723 Danah Boyd's article, Why America is Self-Segregating, is she about how people say they want diversity but "actually encountering and working through diverse viewpoints,... is hard"(79). Boyd points out how people may say they want diversity but are to scared to pursue it. In my experience, on my Instagram I have been able to make many new friends that I would have probably never even meet without the app. ]]> 2020-01-31 16:35:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438847723 https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438847743 Boyd's passage, Why America Is Self-Segregating, examines the modern freshman year of college. She reminisces about the past and how roommates knew nothing about each other until meeting. This starkly contrast to the modern way of "get[ting] on Facebook, map the incoming freshman class, and use this information to ask for a roommate switch" (78). This shows how people do not want to be around, much less live, with someone they do not share interests with. In my experience i prefer to hang out with my friends when given the choice and I can see why people like others like them. People like the comfort of cut off groups of friends that rarely take anyone in. People prefer a boring but consistent life. ]]> 2020-01-31 16:35:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438847743 sydnio2199 https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438847752  Boyd's article, Why america is self-segregated,  explains how the United States is becoming a nation of self-contained identity groups, rather than becoming more diverse. She says that, "Colleges approach housing assignments as an opportunity to pair diverse strangers together," by doing this the college hopes to build social ties.]]> 2020-01-31 16:35:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438847752 https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438847801 Boyd's article  "Why America is Self-Segregated" explains the method colleges use to get incoming freshmen to create new relationships. A typical college would take the opportunity of new students to  "pair diverse strangers with one another to build social ties." (78) The method colleges typically do by joining two very different people usually never works, as they complain  moments later. Therefore making students keep their small circles with only people they are close to.somewhat agree on this when I get paired with new people that I'm not used to and typically tend to only want to work with peers I know.]]> 2020-01-31 16:35:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438847801 luisv2102 https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438847827 In the article, "Why America is Self-Segregating," Danah Boyd states, "New technological advances make lives easier by self-segregating."  My own experience is challenged because I personally use technology to connect with people no matter what their ethnicity is. I look passed that and try to learn more about their culture and develop a better connection with them. I real life example I have seen was online when a youtuber who supports Obama went on Facebook, joined a Obama group with his viewers, and raided a Donald Trump group with the Obama group containing hate by exposing Trumps flaws making the other side feel threatened banning them from the group. This made things worse as Donald Trumps supporters started doing the same thing creating a bigger social gap. ]]> 2020-01-31 16:35:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438847827 https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438847875 Dana Boyd, author of "Why America is Self- Segregating," supports that America is becoming a nation of self- contained identity groups, by mentioning that, “a trend of self- segregation is enabled by technology,”  (74), which is something everyone basically has now. My own experience with technology challenges Boyd’s view, because nowadays, many people post “relatable” things that seem yo bring people together, as well as seeing lots of people randomly reach out to those who need to talk. On the other hand, there are still many arguments online and on social media, which can cause people to team up, leading to more self- contained groups. 

]]> 2020-01-31 16:35:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438847875 https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438847877 Danah Boyd's "Why America is Self-Segregating" examines how the issue of segregation in America is caused by its own people's habits including isolation, separation, and failure to successfully integrate with others in a diverse manner. In order to enlighten the reader towards their own contributing habits, Boyd informs that our technologies allow us to "self-segregate with ease," suggesting that the way we filter out our medias to fit our preferences prevents us from allowing diversity into our lives (79). In my own experience, I definitely do filter out people with views and lifestyles that I do not agree with because of my own stubbornness, but I would not consider this to be complete isolation from diversifying my life. I still speak to people with differing views and backgrounds in person, and though I do not keep them all on my social media home pages, I utilize the "trending" page to view and gain a perspective from those different than me. ]]> 2020-01-31 16:35:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438847877 https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438848022 2020-01-31 16:35:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438848022 https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438848074 Patterns of increasing self-segregation within self-contained identity groups are noticed throughout United States. Danah Boyd’s recognizes this in her article “Why is America Self-Segregating,” where she explains that within colleges she visited, recently accepted students “look up roommate assignments[,] . . . prepared . . . to ask for a roommate switch” (78). Considering this, students will begin to only associate with those who are similar to them, rather than those with opposing ideas and situations, from which could form potentially diverse connections. However, I notice that within my school campus, those some friend groups tend to consist of those with different ethnicities and personalities.]]> 2020-01-31 16:36:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438848074 https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438848092 Dana Boyd's "why america is self segregating" explains how we are more set on self segregating. In college "incoming students focused on maintaining ties to high school friends rather than building new relationships," which is staying focused on the passed and what you used to be. (Boyd 79). I would argue that college is a place where new opportunities arise. It is a place where you can start fresh, and meet new people in order to share and obtain different ideas, in order for you to become a better person, being open to the idea of change. ]]> 2020-01-31 16:36:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438848092 linneal2751 https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438848216 Boyd's passage, "Why America Is Self Segregating", argues that we revert to partake in actions surrounding ourselves with people like us rather than people different from us because we "look for a 'safe space' and 'culture fit'" (79). She is attempting to make the point of how people are more comfortable when staying in a group that they're used to instead of stepping out of their comfort zone. This ultimately leads to a lack in diversity. From my own experience, I hang around people who are the same race as me so our lives relate a lot due to all of us having traditional Asian parents who hold the same cultures and values. I feel connected to them knowing that we can somehow relate. Although, even outside of my friend group I am friends with people outside of my race and still am able to feel connected to them. I feel in a 'safe place' even if I do not culturally fit with them.  ]]> 2020-01-31 16:36:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438848216 https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438848985 Boyd's passage "Why America is Self-Segregating", expands on how all our lives we have been conditioned to self segregate with the help of technology when she states, "technological advances make . . . lives easier by self-segregating" (82). In my personal experience, I use technology to expand my horizons about different cultures, ideas, and people. Technology has never impacted me in a negative way that caused me to "self-segregate" myself.]]> 2020-01-31 16:37:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438848985 victorb2248 https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438849131 "Why America Is Self-Segregating", by Danah Boyd examines that America is segregating itself with the use of Facebook, Netflix and other social media sites. These sites appeal to what we want to see and as Boyd puts it, "as the tools that were designed to bring people together are used to magnify divisions. . ."(74). My own experience challenges her views because through these media sites I have been able to meet new people and my fiend group is diverse enough to be able to challenge Boyd's view. ]]> 2020-01-31 16:37:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438849131 https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438849190 "Why America is Self-Segregating" by Dana Boyd highlights the fact that whilst we have an abundant array of opportunities to foster diversity, we stray away from it. It is said that "we have countless tools to connect, (but) we are also watching fragmentation," (74). This is to say that Americans constantly push away composers of diversity, however bountiful they may be. My personal experiences regarding diversity only solidify the prior assertion. Growing up in a predominantly Hispanic city, I have observed that students and peers tend to form racially divided groups of friends who are the same race. Having only friends with a similar ethnic background instates a feeling of comfort as the people around you have gone through just about the same ups and downs.]]> 2020-01-31 16:37:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438849190 davidd3005 https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438849382 Dana Boyd a social media scholar that wrote "Why America Is Self-Segregating" She highlights that regardless in this day and age many of us self segregate automatically. ". . . they had self-segregated as much as possible"(78).This piece of evidence shows us a glimpse of what had happened between two students and how they used there resources to acquire everything that they need and how they used it to ask for a roommate switch way before they had even arrived at the school. ]]> 2020-01-31 16:37:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438849382 https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438859293 Boyd mentions in her article that the US is becoming a nation of self-contained identity because we isolate ourselves from “diverse viewpoints.” This is because it can be “ uncomfortable” and “ emotionally exhausting,” we would rather feel safe in an environment then feel awkward. We do not try and self- segregate but we do it anyways to find a “culture fit” to be most comfortable in.  In my experience I have grown up with a Hispanic friend group I did not mean to just have a Hispanic friend group but it just happen. 


]]> 2020-01-31 16:52:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438859293 mauricioh3403 https://padlet.com/mrtsuyuki/6j22rvn7htwh/wish/438860109 In Danah Boyd's "Why America is Self-Segregating", she explains how Americans are trying to become more diverse but it's actually resulting in self-contained identify groups.  She explains that in college they set up college dorms as a way to diversify students. They do this by pinning random people together. However this does not always work, “residential life is often in the business of student therapy as students complain about their roommates and roommates” this then results in the students self-segregating and making self-contained identity groups. In my own experience, I have seen this happen before, however my own friend group is fairly diverse. In my own friend groups there are different cultures and we all respect each others' cultures instead of battling our views and beliefs.  

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