Broadband Divide in the US Is Not Color Blind

In early March, Karen Kama woke up early to hand out flyers in her neighborhood. She wanted people to know about a program at her local library in Reading, Pennsylvania, that helps people learn how to use the internet. Two out of every three residents in Reading are Hispanic, so Kama's flyers have one side in Spanish and one side in English. It was only one year ago that Kama started using the internet herself. She described for me a whole world opening up to her: using Google to translate conversations with her Spanish-speaking neighbor, playing games to keep her brain sharp and looking up test results from her doctor. But she said the best part has been showing people in her community what the internet can do for them. Locating local internet providers "I'm so grateful for it because now I can tell somebody else how to do it," she said. "I'm proud to show somebody what I can do." Kama is one of the millions of Black Americans who have been impacted by the digital divide, the gul ... Read full article.