The problem with categories

This posting is in part taken from my online chat with Prof Chris Bigum last week.

The problem with any categorical classification or label is that the phrase should not be the explanation. The phrase should be the beginning of the explanation. Labels such as digital insiders or digital natives should be the starting point of further explanation.

As Bourdieu, Bachelard, Canguilhem, and many others would suggest, nothing is neutral. Categories and labels are never value-neutral - they are in fact value-laden. Historically, categories and labels have permeated hard sciences, and this spread to social sciences (in our bid for objectivity perhaps?).

So what values are inherent in the phrase 'digital natives'?