Yet the opposite seems to be the case. Around the world, millions of men and women of all races and religions are communicating with each other for the first time, often on shared computers, and often for less than the price of a postage stamp. A healthy distrust of new technology is to be applauded, but the authors of this collection have it backward. By relying on obsolete data, they completely miss the soaring Net usage by people of color around the world. That's too bad.
Racism is very much alive in the world.
But the Net, at least for now, is part of the solution, not part of the problem. Adam Clayton Powell III is the Freedom Forum's VP for technology and programs. Privacy Policy Stock data provided by Stockpoint and its data suppliers.