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Internet Plays A Large Role For U.S. Citizens
Homework Help writes "The latest U.S. Census Bureau report suggests that the Internet has become an integral part of the American lifestyle and economy." From the article: "It shows 40 percent of U.S. adults used the Web to obtain news, weather or sports information, a dramatic increase from the 7 percent who surfed in 1997, when the bureau conducted a similar study. The report also found that nearly half of adults, 47 percent, used the Internet to find information on products or services. About one-third reported purchasing a product or service online, compared with only 2 percent who did so in 1997."
Isn't dialup down to, like, $9 a month? If you can't afford that, go to a library, or get your fucked up life in order like Bill Cosby said.
Should we just forget about them?
Can't. There's do-gooder self-appointed defenders of the realm like you whining about them every day in every media outlet.
They don't count?
As society's eternal dependents, yes.
This article should be a clarion call that we need to be doing more to help minorities break the digital divide so they can get good jobs.
You mean the folks that blame me every time they get a hangnail? The folks that form angry groups with web sites that call for my extermination as the white devil? You mean *those* people? Yeah, I'll get right on that, Pedro.
How about poor white folk?