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Julie
You give the solution in your own comment. Yes, there are people who have their own motives for closing the digital divide but we as African Americans need to to drive the closure so that we can have more seats at the table. If we can change the landscape and build awareness you will see the changes in the areas you speak of. Ironically there is another post on this site about Black publishers not being part of the Ipad launch that speaks to this point. If the outlets that cater to the AA audience will not in right direction towards innovation then how can we expect the audience to want to come in mass. Yes the early adopters and trend setters who are part of this site’s audience are there but for every one of us there is a person out there who is not connected to the internet at all. Mostly because they don’t see a reason to. We have to all work to change their value proposition about the internet and bring to be a part of the connected part of the nation. If businesses profit from consumers that’s fine but the benefits we will all reap by bringing connecting more creative minorities to the opportunities that broadband provides will be much greater.

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