Tuesday, March 10, 2009

My article

The Digital Divide in America
by: Alicia R. Jones, 2002. She is the CEO of Youth Links
In the Michigan Chronicle

The article in a nutshell is writer Jones commenting about by African American technologist Larry Irving article, "Falling Through the Net." She wants to explain that there is a gap from the have and have nots.

Jones does a pretty good job organizing her argument. She starts off about how she was asked to talk at a conference. Jones is an african american and describes in the article in how her people have been perished by the digital divide that is occurring. After a little background, she goes into why she is talking about the issue of digital divide by talking about Larry Irving's article. She goes on to give the reader statistics and information on this issue that most don't understand or know about. She then goes on say what challenges that the urban communities need to do to improve.

1 comment:

  1. Hi Danielle,

    What did Larry Irving say in his article?

    What was the most interesting set of statistics in Jones' article?

    This article is from 2002. Are you able to find anything more recent in order to compare one set of statistics to another?

    I look forward to your response.
    Sincerely,
    R. Wexelbaum

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