It is being exacerbated with every passing day as the gap grows. . . . The rate of penetration for the haves is rapid, while for the have-nots it lingers. Each day that the haves get not only better access but more services, improved technology, and, most important, improved fluency and motivation, the gap grows. Part of it is economically driven - what people can and cannot afford. Poverty begets information poverty begets poverty.
Racial divides beget a racial gap in media access begets racial divides.
Opposition to efforts for universality, regardless of the intentions or lofty ideologies of the perpetrators, result in actions which uphold and amplify social differences.