There is tremendous power and opportunities that technology provides to communities – particularly historically disenfranchised minority communities.
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These are focal points that we must champion as a people, collectively. Education and technology is an agenda that is missing from the current political landscape. Why are we not demanding affordability in broadband access? It is a fundamental right in the digitized age. This is further complicated for families with two or more children in school. Often, even if these households have the required technology, they may not have the capability or enough bandwidth to fully educate multiple children.
Almost 29 percent of Black households don’t have the technology in their homes that is available at “all times” to use for online education. But there are more Black households that “rarely” or “never” had a device available for their children to use for online education at all. This was nine percent of all Black households with children in public or private K-12 schools.
Only 4.3 percent of white households rarely or never had devices for children to use for online education. This is half the rate for Black households. Students may resort to using their phones as hotspots and quickly run out of access. The digital divide is real! We have much work to do.
If you or anyone you know is having issues with affordable broadband access, in the United States please contact https://www.everyoneon.org.
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