Computer Interface as Representation of Oppression of Diverse Cultures

Richard J. Selfe’s contribution to the writing and digital pedagogies is best represented by him and his wife, [[Cynthia L. Selfe]] who expresses not dissimilar concerns with computers in the classroom, in their analysis of the computer interface as a symbolic result of the white, upper-middle class domination of technology that has oppressed cultural diversity. Richard Selfe facilitates creating a provocative and intriguing view of why teachers need to be more aware when implementing technology in the classroom. For instance, they assert the ethnocentric of equating the computer with a desktop stating, “that interface, and the software applications commonly represented within it, map the virtual world as a desktop, constructing virtual reality by association, in terms of corporate culture and the values of professionalism” (Selfe and Selfe 73).