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After U.S. President Bill Clinton adopted the phrase "the digital divide" in his 2000 State of the Union address, researchers began to track trends in ICT access and usage across these different groups. [5] NTIA defined the digital divide as "one of America's leading economic and civil rights issues" in their 1999 report "Falling Through the ...
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Groups impacted by the digital divide can include certain income brackets, ethnicities, and the less educated. There is also a gap between rural and non-rural areas in America. Rural Americans have made large gains in adopting digital technology in recent years, but they remain less likely than nonrural adults to have home broadband ...
Millions of city dwellers are at risk of falling behind in education, employment and health care because they lack adequate home internet access.
Although many groups in society are affected by a lack of access to computers or the Internet, communities of color are specifically observed to be negatively affected by the digital divide. [73] Pew research shows that as of 2021, home broadband rates are 81% for White households, 71% for Black households and 65% for Hispanic households. [ 74 ]
American public schools are divided along economic and racial lines, the aftermath of a system that denied capital to families of color for decades. Why racial inequities in America's schools are ...
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Empirical studies show that the borderline between ICT as a necessity good and ICT as a luxury good is roughly around the "magical number" of US$10 per person per month, or US$120 per year. [ 37 ] John Wood, founder of Room to Read (a non-profit which builds schools and libraries), emphasizes affordability and scalability over high-tech solutions.