As I contemplated starting this blog, I did a search to see if there was a similar blog in existence. What I found -- instead -- was an article by Destiny Welles entitled My big, fat, lily-white Second Life. It is a well-written article and definitely has many points that I agree with. I do take exception with one point, however.
"Second Life is perhaps the whitest environmet I've ever experienced, and the most middle-class: I'm hard pressed to recall a single conversation with an undeucated resident. By and large, everyone is playing, and everyone has a fairly healthy bank account, as the basic costs of entry - even for a free account - are dictated by some rather pricey computing paraphernalia. Everyone is concerned with arts and science, and speaks with pride about information technology; everyone likes to learn; everyone believes in progress. It is, literally, an online white suburban paradise."
Anyone who has ONLY met this group of educated elite in SL has definitely been hanging out in places other than my haunts.
Wealth does not necessarily equate to educated -- or perhaps well-educated would be a more apt comment. My experiences indicate that the spectrum is wider than Ms Welles believes.
Who we are in Second Life often reflects a cross between who we are in real life and who we would choose to be. Color only plays a part of our persona.
