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COVID 19 has revealed hard truths about America’s many divides --- none wider than the huge gap between those with access to technology and those without. Two decades ago, the nation’s technological revolution-- the so-called information superhighway --- bypassed most communities of color. Now those same communities are struggling to function in a world that requires technology still out of reach for so many. With so much at stake, will COVID 19 deliver another blow to communities of color already reeling from high rates of infection? Or be a real wake up call to close the digital divide?
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COVID 19 has revealed hard truths about America’s many divides --- none wider than the huge gap between those with access to technology and those without. Two decades ago, the nation’s technological revolution-- the so-called information superhighway --- bypassed most communities of color. Now those same communities are struggling to function in a world that requires technology still out of reach for so many. With so much at stake, will COVID 19 deliver another blow to communities of color already reeling from high rates of infection? Or be a real wake up call to close the digital divide?

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