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Blacks Turn to Internet, and Digital Divide Starts to Close

There’s an interesting article in the New York Times today (full story: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/31/us/31divide.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin) indicating that more African-Americans are going online and therefore closing the "digital divide" that was once thought to be a roadblock to the success of this community. Here’s a quick overview: African-Americans, even those at the lower end of the economic scale, are making significant gains in ...

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