The comments followed heavy media converage of a survey conducted by Donna Hoffman and Thomas Novak of Vanderbilt University that estimated about 5.2 million blacks were on the Internet , compared with about 41 million whites. The study appeared in Friday's issue of the journal Science.
Study says racial gap exists online .
Yet, what the study actually showed, was the low-income whites were 6 times more likely to use the Internet than blacks, said Ellington. Blacks have consistently demonstrated their desire to use this technology. I am not at all concerned with this. The study's conclusions for high-income whites and blacks showed that their Internet usage was about the same, Ellington said. I am very tired with broad-based statements.