White households are still nearly twice as likely to own a computer as black or Hispanic households.
For roughly 20 percent of the population, one or more content-related barriers stand between them and the benefits offered by the Internet. That is where child advocates come in. We believe that over the next few years, especially with the election year upon us, there is an unprecedented opportunity to help assure that the benefits of the information revolution reach young people, their families, and those communities traditionally left out of the nation's economic and civic prosperity. It is based on TCP's work over the past five years to research and document how the information society impacts families, and to create and demonstrate strategies, policies and practices benefiting them. We believe that the time is right for leaders for children to take a hard look at the emerging digital agenda for children and see how they can use this growing momentum to advance the interests of low-income children and families.