And, eventually, every resident must have an Internet connection and computer in the home, and motivation and the knowledge of how to use it. Earlier we used the term cyber rights. Securing Civil Rights in the 1960s laid the foundation for the relative economic success that some enjoy today. Without the vote, there would have been few, if any, African American or Latino elected officials, successful minority businesspersons and entrepreneurs, affirmative action or minority business enterprise programs. Bridging the digital divide is the strategy.
Economic empowerment is the goal.
Just like Freedom s dusty trails brought political and economic empowerment in the latter part of the 20th Century, the information superhighway can lead to knowledge, community networking and communications and economic equity today, and into the 21st Century. But first we must eliminate the digital divide. Toward Digital Inclusion. While the report showed that the overall level of U.S. digital inclusion is rapidly increasing, particularly among women and seniors, minorities stilled lagged behind the rest of the population. Let s look closer at the digital divide in numbers.